Ma, I'm just trying to get going on those grandchildren you want.

A princess always takes care that her words are honeyed, for she may have to eat them

Only those who row the boat make waves

Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.

Life is too short to dance with ugly men

Most males do not mature, they simply grow taller.

If you cannot see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.

Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.

Great minds think alike-especially when they are female.

I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.

We're lucky." He slipped his hand around her waist and splayed it in the small of her back. "Most couples have only one first kiss. We'll have two.

Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten worse.

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.

The lovely Hazard girls', they used to call them. Huh. Lovely is as lovely does; if they looked like what they behave like, they'd frighten little children.

UCLA acknowledged this shift by bringing in Alex Haley (the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X) and Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on Ice) as speakers.

I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.

I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless.

I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that, that's a pretty good thing for me.

For me, the safest place is out on a limb.

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.