People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.

You know, you're rather amusingly wrong.

But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned.

His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.

Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.

(About sweeping)....What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.

-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself?-Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.

(About a cookbook...)- What about this one? Maids of Honor?- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

In insisting that personal habit and political action be one and the same, absolutist moralizing limits the possibilities of both.

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.

Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others.

In my family, Mom can lead the sports activities, no problem! Except football - that, my husband does.

I just think about what I am doing on my side of the net, which requires focus. Even after all the years I've been playing, I still get butterflies before each match.

Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet.

I don't think God cares if you are rich or poor. God loves you anyway. But if you want to be rich, then choose your church & preacher carefully.

No one is going to buy a big phone.