I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.

A person who has never owned a dog has missed a wonderful part of life.

The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected.

Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.

I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.

We must educate the public. The average person has no idea of what's going on in factory farms, in laboratories, circuses, roadside zoos or rodeos.

You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.

Many people have the idea that game shows are easy to come up with. And nothing could be further from the truth

Change isn't always good. Sometimes changing things is a terrible mistake.

It has often been our best instincts, not our worst, that have led us to do harm in the world

When perception, thoughtfulness and understanding do meet, we can fashion a range of viable expectations and craft a world of togetherness. ("Morning after")

After all, a man's life, when all is said and done, should serve some greater purpose than that of a hero in a cautionary tale.

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership they just need to be identified and asked.

If I were German and I had a vote, I might support Angela Merkel.

If one wanted to stigmaitise, that's how one would do it - lots and lots of people saying "we're severing our ties".

In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.

May you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?

When I find myself having that much trouble with a song or a character or a story, I tend to move on.

The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.