Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.

A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.

there is no noise louder than a silent phone.

Gentleness is a great strength.

When I write, I feel like an armless leg less man with a crayon in his mouth.

To the degree we give power to anything outside ourselves we become powerless

We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we 'enter into the holy estate of matrimony.'

I don't regret anything.

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.

I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

I love working with great actors.

The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.