To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you have those two things, you’re made.

Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map to style. It’s about self-expression and, above all, attitude.

I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.

I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time

More is more and less is a bore.

You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.

I was never hurt by what anybody said about my clothes, because I dress to please myself. If somebody doesn’t like what I’m wearing, it’s their problem, not mine

You only have one trip. You might as well enjoy it.

You have to look in the mirror and see yourself. If it feels good, then I know it's for me. I don't dress to be stared at, I dress for myself.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The building is a national tragedy - a cross between a concrete candy box and a marble sarcophagus in which the art of architecture lies buried.

A technical failure that shows some attempt at aesthetic expression is of infinitely more value than uninspired success.

It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity.

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or of the States to the support of sectarian schools.

I'm not wild about the term first lady. I'd just like to be called Laura Bush.

I was actually a Cowboys fan.

Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life and energy.