All my work comes out of my life.

Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being conventional.

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. Style is to be simple.

What can I say about my jewelry? It speaks for itself. To me, style is to be simple.

Portofino in the '60s was magic. Women in bright silk, each with a gardenia in their hand. The bottle started then, in my mind.

I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it.

I design for the working girl.

To me, guitar notes are the most beautiful sounds in the world.

A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind.

Real Canada is where people wear sweaters for survival, not style.

Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.

I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless he sees that it is good for him to wait.

Patients know what patients want to know.

Decide that you're going to love the people around you, even those you don't particularly like - or perhaps especially those you don't like.

When you don't know what to do with yourself, do something for someone else.

I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he, who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.