It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.

Forgive yourself when you fall down because we all fall down.

It wasn't like I wanted to be the next Marc Andreessen, but it would be cool to be in the same place.

Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.

Whatever money you may need for the next five years, please take it out of the stock market right now, this week.

The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side.

I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability.

All we have-ourselves-to Him, and if that be all, that is enough.