Regrets are as personal as fingerprints.

She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along.

Cleaning up with children around is like shoveling during a blizzard

Sentences that begin with "all women" are never, never true.

I don't believe that it's true that the poor will always be with us. I think that kind of pious fatalism is just an excuse for keeping things the way they are.

You wouldn't be caught wearing cheap perfume, would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume in your conduct?

Fiction is not a dream. Nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.

It isn't easy to be the person who sometimes has to try to preserve your happiness at the expense of your fun.

You wouldn't want to be caught wearing cheap perfume would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume on your conduct?

A book is not completed till it's read.

May you find infinite hope in the Lord.

Perhaps you should put your head down.” I knew this was the thing to do, although I’ve never fainted and I don’t intend to.

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves.

Just as the athlete has his coach, the Hindu his yogi, and the student his mentor, there are many of us who find wisdom in dogs. Because of their teachings, we are better people.

The key to turning dreams into reality is action.

No matter what class you're from - uptown or downtown - when you're in the dancehall everyone's equal, and it's how you choose to express yourself that makes you stand out.

Every time [Chris Bryant] asks a question I become more and more baffled why anyone would want to hack his phone and listen to his messages

Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.

I don't think one can question MS' leadership.