Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.

The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs.

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever.

You must always overcome your comfort zone

There are people who are simply gifts to everyone they meet.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

Time is man made - No woman would have ever invented time.

If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot!

True leaders inspire us to be bigger and do things we are afraid of doing.

a culture is no better than its woods

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.