One should always dress like a marble column.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding.

No words would ever be more powerful than the presence of a friend.

For the Christian, death is not the end of adventure but a doorway from a wold where dreams and adventures shrink, to a world where dreams and adventures forever expand.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold in the heart.

Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.

Movies are an expensive business.

When I am most deeply rooted, I feel the wildest desire to uproot myself.

I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.

I think all true stories are hopeful stories. I don't think there's any room for nihilism.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.