If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exactly one shade of each other.

Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

Never take advice from a donkey.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.

Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.

Live a life of lies

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.

Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

To have strength without knowing how to use it means nothing.

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.

Guitar is the most expressive instrument in the world. I don't play much any more. Maybe a bit in private.

I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol.

We've turned into a nation of mothers to our men. I think it's a dreadful mistake that doesn't benefit anybody.