The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: Passion

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

By changing—we become what we always wanted to be.

Jnana yoga is the yoga of kindness and compassion - serving the self that is everywhere.

You don't even realize you're living in a before until you wake up one day and find yourself in an after.

[The purpose of flight research] is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected.

I really believe I'm no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age.

He [ Vladimir Putin] would rather have a puppet as president of the United States.

A disease of the mind, [whose] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way acquire virtue, by the process of being shown things.

So much tension around here in New York. They want to fine you for every little thing you do.

We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who we are.

Love is the catalyst that causes change. Love is the balm that brings healing to the soul.