I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right.

The finest thing about a hobby is that you can't do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don't.

There seems to be within all of us an innate yearning to be lifted momentarily out of our own lives into the realm of charm and make believe.

It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.

No room can be called perfect unless it has real comfort.

Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess.

Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.

Salad is never more appetizing than when served in a large wooden bowl.

The more mirror-minded you become, the more your home will reflect shining charm!

Only the living souls can praise the living God.

Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself opression

I don't eat bubble gum, but I like the smell.

Like most women, I remember my first drink in tender minutiae.

I finished my career the way I wanted to.

I just read about a schoolteacher who got hurt. She was grading papers on a curve!

I just stand there like a doofus wondering just what in the effing blazes is going on.

I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me.

The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.

It's just that the longer I fish, the more I long for simplification and lightness.