My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky.

If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some.

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

It makes my makeup artist's life easier. [Plus] it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.

If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

I try to make my heart beat out of my chest, hard-core, once a day for at least a half hour. I think that's very important.

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."

I had a picture-perfect childhood. My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them.

I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.

Breathing dreams like air

29. Most loneliness results from insulation rather than isolation. In other words, we are lonely because we insulate ourselves, not because others isolate us.

The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.

The only person your anger hurts is you. Let it go. Accept it. Move on.

I loved Luke Skywalker and I loved Darth Vader and I loved watching them work it out.

The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it.

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.

Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured war.

My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well.

From the moment an organizer enters a community, he lives, dreams, eats, breathes, sleeps only one thing, and that is to build the mass power base of what he calls the army.