Barbara Quotes

If you don't move to protect copyright, if you don't move to protect our children, it's not going to sit well

A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence.

Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.

Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.

Above all, discard the irrelevant.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

We, the elders, have been patiently waiting until the last moment before quantum transformation. The destructive one-fourth must be eliminated from the social body.

I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.

The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.

We're children of God through our blood kinship with Christ. We're also sons and daughters of Adam and Eve, with a hereditary craving for forbidden fruit salad.

When someone asks us where we want to be in our lives, the last thing that occurs to us is to look down at our feet and say, 'Here, I guess, since this is where I am.'

The abundance of our lives is not determined by how long we live, but how well we live. Christ makes abundant life possible if we choose to live it now.

Beliefs have become unimportant to me. Faith as radical trust became even more important to me.

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.

Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves.

Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.

I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.

when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones.

Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.

I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.

Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.

Après ski is my favorite sport.

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.

Married, but not to each other.

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.

When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.