I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.

Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better.

Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden outburst.

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security.

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

Money can be translated into the beauty of living.

I've always been independent, and I don't see how it conflicts with femininity.

I worked up a daily fury about some economic injustice because there were so many of them.

I am not and should not be considered an economist.

I had always assumed that people were interested in economic affairs, just as I was. My assumption was justified. The times caught up with me. I was ready. I was there.

A folktale without a moral is merely a whimsy.

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.

I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family.

People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are.

The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released through art, be it dancing, painting, singing, writing or even martial arts.

I've never had my heart broken.

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction.