I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

Romy had never done a budget, Marisol had never designed costumes and sets, and Suzanne had never acted, but when I asked them to help, they didn't hesitate

This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap...

Really? We are being herded on a bus to drive across town to an all-boy academy where we disembark and join our lonely counterparts on a dance floor. Sounds like a scorecard situation to me.

I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or distorted anything, surely that was done for my own benefit.

It's great to know that you aren't the only person "odd" in this world... stories stop the time and games help to go more fast... - what more awesome than to have these two abilities?

I love my wife but I spend a lot of time with grace and mercy

If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff.

People grew lazy. They knew too many blessings, and so lost the ability to appreciate what they had

When the public loses faith in democracy's ability to solve the problems it has created for itself, the game's almost over. And I think we are this close to losing democracy to the mercenary class.

You're only as good as your last record.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

It has taken us two million years to elevate politics from the level of a monkey squabble, to a level comprehensible to a six year old child.

While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.