And they all have pretty children, And the children go to school, And the children go to summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in boxesAnd they come out all the same.

Love is something, if you give it away, you end up having more.

And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same.

Celebrate my death for the good times I've had, For the work that I've done and the friends that I've made. Celebrate my death, of whom it could be said, "She was a working class woman, and a red."

Some other eyes will look around, and find the things I've never found.

I'm so respectable I'm getting scared ... I must be doing something wrong.

Neither love without knowledge nor knowledge without love can produce a good life.

There are times when the way has to pass through sufferings to cleanse ourselves from the burden of the past.

Achieving your goals depends more on the way you manage to push through the bad days, than shine on the good ones.

to stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

I will never forget Oprah's [Winfrey] major contribution to my success by having me perform on her show (March '91) and introducing me as, "the voice that brought her out of the shower!"

One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control them

In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without scandal.