Strangers are what friends are made of.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

Obsession and desperation for your goal, gets you the goal.

The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas

I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Nobody knows you.

It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.

Sì is my tribute to modern femininity, an irresistible combination of grace, strength and independent spirit.

Film is an itch I have yet to scratch.

When I work I always find something.

How many different deaths I can die?

When crushed to your knees, it is best to dig in your heels.