I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.

Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.

Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.

When I was 12 and met my real father for the first time, I was terrified I would lose the one I already had.

I loved Dad more for treating the biological reality as trivial, irrelevant. He loved me no less than his other three children.

Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person be generous of spirit be the person you'd admire.

Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.

I think I broke Kerri, ” she said. “Go fix her, ” Al commanded, unfazed. “We’ve got enough broken parts.

I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated.

If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces.

When Ballesteros triumphed at the British Open in 1979, for his first major win, he hit so few fairways off the tee that he was often mistaken for a gallery marshall.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities.

How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.