I make bad choices. I've got such dodgy tastes in men.

I'd like to be the ambassador to the Bahamas.

Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole.

I didn't want to get married. What I knew of most men was something I didn't want any part of. I just wanted to work on my career.

I've always considered myself a physical person. I don't call myself a farm girl, but I did spend a lot of years shoveling manure and throwing hay, because I worked to pay most of my riding expenses.

The biggest hurdle is figuring out who your friends are. Your real friends.

How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.

We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and I didn't take steroids. I did it all on my own.

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep my opinions off camera if I want.

I didn't like not having work and not having people return my calls.

She is a wiry blanched creature with no beauty. Her expression reminds him of a crumpled letter – there is both sadness and anger in it.

I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.

My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and my work as a wedding singer landed me a spot in his act.

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being.

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost.

If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.

Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.

Every time we open our hearts, we create the space for a global alternative.

It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed.