I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Love yourself and extend the love to others.

...stories don’t just make us matter to each other—maybe they’re also theonly way to the infinite mattering he’d been after for so long.

The feeling of your baby taking nourishment from your body for the first time is amazing, and it remains the most touching moment of my life.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

From day one, I've always been a girly girl. In pre-school I loved driving around in my super Barbie car.

Lord, give me the heart of a child, and the awesome courage to live it out as an adult.

Thank you... 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' for demonstrating a universal truth: Idiots like me will always watch idiots like you fight on TV. You will forever be in my TiVo.

I found that doing Pilates consistently three to four times a week had an amazing effect on really toning and shaping a tight waist and legs.

There is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of valor.