A gold cage is still a cage.-King David IOh, go cry in a bag of money.-Queen Christina

If it must be done, it's best done bravely.

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

Travel not only stirs the blood. . . It also gives strength to the spirit.

I guess I would be most grateful for my family and my friends and my dogs, my boyfriend. I'm grateful for a lot. I'm grateful to be healthy.

If you hire people who are smarter than you, maybe you are showing that you are a little bit smarter than them.

The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.

I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?

May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.

People come up to me and share very personal and intimate things with me, and I am so touched by all the trust they have in me.

My research clearly reveals that if we want to put inner-city workers to work immediately, we just can't rely on the private sector. They don't want to touch them; they don't want to hire them.