I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on doing the best work I can do and letting it go at that.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.

I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

In every situation, we can find sacred lesson.

If you can't be thankful for what you receive be thankful for what you escape.

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

If you think you are big, you will become small. If you are willing to become an absolute nothing, you will become larger than creation and Creator.

Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

Life is not too short... we just wait too long to begin it.

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.

We should fill the syllabuses of schools with lessons about love and compassion.

I think everyone keeps on growing. I've grown about 0.0000001 mm?