I would rather be funny than gorgeous, absolutely. Because it's too hard to be gorgeous, you know. I could make a stab at gorgeous as long as I had something funny to say to get out of it.

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something. If it isn't one thing--it's another! It's always something.

There are those who open their hearts to others...who never think twice about giving of themselves. They are the wonderful warmhearted people who make all the difference in our lives.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

I've learned what I can control is whether I am going to live a day in fear and depression and panic, or whether I am going to attack the day and make it as good a day, as wonderful a day, as I can.

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

There is no real security except for whatever you build inside yourself.

Lending war equipment is a good deal like lending chewing gum. You don't want it back.

Your mind, it will trick you but your heart, it will not.

Legacy. What is a legacy?It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.

The more we yield to pressure, the more easily we will yield next time.

We often forgive those who bore us but can't forgive those whom we bore.

Progress far from consisting in change depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are content to repeat it.

The world goes up and the world goes down And the sunshine follows the rain And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again Sweet wife. No never come over again.

Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.

Put your attention on happiness by practicing the Happiness Habits each day.

Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church... nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that every where I am in Thy Presence