I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

It is obviously possible that what we call waking life may only be an unusual and persistent nightmare.

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software.

Beginning of our conversation with Donald Trump, I made it very clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall.

It is exciting to kind of figure things out in yourself and then use other people to help you figure things out so you can really reach your potential.

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.

Music is everything that one listens to with the intention of listening to music.

Sensibility of mind is indeed the parent of every virtue, but it is the parent of much misery, too.