A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

Ditzy dumb blonde? I can be ditzy. I can be.

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.

At 11 years old I made a very definitive decision. And my decision was that I wanted to be happy.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

When we start a new task, or confront an unpleasant chore, we should take a moment to ask ourselves "why.

If we held grudges for all the idiotic things we said and did as freshman and sophomores, the hallways would be silent.

Don't be a pleaser of people just because of the fear of the losing your position. You cease to be a true leader when you do so!

Certainty about the next life is simply incompatible with tolerance in this one.

Genealogy was her favorite insanity.

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

Lucidity is the first purpose of color in music.

Radio is the death and life of Africa.

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.