I was wholly unprepared for the extraordinary attitude of the medical world in its readiness to condemn anything that smacked of reform or that ran contrary to approved methods of practice.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

He who angers you conquers you.

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.

It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is that one fears to be thought of as an arrant braggart.

His response was remarkable for its irrelevance, if for nothing else.

Memories do not always behave in an orderly way, but bloom, as it were, erratically.

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.

The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.

Intelligent efforts are successful.

A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.

Act on the possibilities and opportunities in front of you. Your future will be bright and blissful, whatever you do.

People need books for a better life. Books are a way of self-nurturing.

I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.

Anytime something becomes a success in this way you always get imitators. I'm an imitator of the guys I love. I imitate people like Frank Miller, who is a huge inspiration to me.

I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!

One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.

Instead of tug o' war, let's play hug o' war.