I want to live my life, not record it.

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.

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.

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

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

Her life, she realized, had all the charm of a steel trap.

Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls.

Sir, I may not have been always a Christian, but I am very sure that I have been a gentleman.

The dollar sign is the only sign in which the modern man appears to have any real faith.

After an interval of two and a half centuries, the tradition of mystic illumination renewed itself in Italy and Germany.

It was always about the story rather than the character.

I'm not going to pay this bill. I don't owe you any money. You do what you got to do!

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last.