If you have children in your house you have Frosted Flakes.

I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world.

Your passions don’t have to connect to one another and no one needs to sign off on them. Passion isn’t logical… it’s only the fuel which keeps our souls alive. Let it be that simple.

When Death has a story to tell

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.

I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case.

If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.

The greater the giving, the greater the living.

If we are serious about breaking cycles of poverty, we have to change this (economy).

I'll tell ya, my wife and I, we don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless, and I donate money to the topless!

I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or maybe the battleships shouldn't have all been in the harbor and all that kind of thing.