Women saw everything, and they thought about everything. The result was wisdom. For men, this was a frightening state of affairs, which is why they insist on holding on to power.

To understand a woman, a man had to peel away layer after layer of words, much as one must peel away an onion to get at the desired part.

Where there is asakti [infatuation], there accusations cannot refrain from happening. That is indeed the nature of asakti [infatuation].

My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.'

Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.

I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.

Power travels in the bloodlines, handed out before birth.

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing.

In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.