Only Certain offered no enticements, for she knew nothing could ease the pain. Not books or photography or food. Not even love.

...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That’s why we’ve got to make sure we pass it on.

My heart's gratitudeIs My life's plenitude.

The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for every crisis and every conflict.

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red, and some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue.

Youre supposed to be the leading lady in your own life, for Gods sake!

You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior.

One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.

I'm a better writer than I am a singer, and I express myself easily through writing.

My girlfriends are my life, but I'm also one of those girls who can hang out with the guys.