I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

I am happiest when I am alone.

Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit it is worse than a chance lost it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge.

America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

It takes a while to get a movie together, and they dont start talking books until the movie is close to being finished.

Those beings only are fit for solitude who are like nobody, and are liked by nobody.

I would never ever condone any violence of any kind. But in the theater of fiction, blood is delightful.

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

Kristin Bauer is so funny. Half the time I'm working with her I'm just trying to keep a straight face.

I have a fantastic husband. Here's the honeymoon part: I still think he's the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I've ever known.

Look out! He's got a daisy!

And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct.