I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'

In the silence of children, God exists, directing their thoughts and sending us subtle reminders as not forgetting gratitude even in the littlest of things.

His hands are behind his back.'Choose, ' he says.'I've already made my choice, ' I say, and I grab the sleeve of his leather jacket and pull him inside.

To have a viable civilization, people have to have a benign government, a semblance of education, spare time, imagination, and manners

I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.

Love makes the Real of desire accessible without its tragic dimension

Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.

To be honest with you, most of the times I have fought, there has been a reason.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.

Teach me to go to the country beyond words and beyond names.