My father taught me that a bill is like a crying baby and has to be attended to at once.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

I believe that the soul consists of its sufferings. For the soul that cures its own sufferings dies.

Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels.

I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

Consumers view of you is not about how they compare you to other banks. It's about how they compare you to all of the other businesses they experience.

I had a similar year back in 1984 when I felt like I couldn't lose.

A real turnoff for guys is any girl who is way too into them. Like, you're being way too nice. Guys, as well as girls, like that sense of badness. I want a good girl, who can be a little bad.

Taxpayers don't need any more big government mandates that have proven to be disastrous.

Time is the product of changing realities, beings, existences.