I loved work and I loved pouring myself into the work, you know. It was the real life that I had trouble with.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

Excuse the mess but we live here.

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Half the world's starving; the other half is trying to lose weight.

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

I call myself a 'domestic goddess.

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

I quit smoking. I feel better. I smell better. And it's safer to drink out of old beer cans laying around the house.

In the world of art, all things are possible.--George from Paradise Kiss

Contrary to popular belief, going shopping is really about stopping afterward for cheesecake.

You don’t love a girl because of beauty.You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.

In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.

My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won.

An old meaning of the word 'restoration' is to find someone with a royal bloodline who has been removed from the throne and then restore the person to that throne - to a position of honor.

I think words come between the spectator and the picture.

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

Each day is an opportunity to travel back into tomorrow's past and change it.