The basic thing is, people want to get paid, so they'll say the things that get them paid, in entertainment or politics.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

Excuse the mess but we live here.

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Half the world's starving; the other half is trying to lose weight.

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

I call myself a 'domestic goddess.

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

I quit smoking. I feel better. I smell better. And it's safer to drink out of old beer cans laying around the house.

May God give you much grace for every great work.

Butterflies are self propelled flowers.

That’s what a map is, you know. Just a memory.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

You know, I've always wanted to be a young Charles Kuralt. I started in this business with just a Winnebago and a dream.

Rhine. The river that, somewhere out there, has broken free.

I was that 'awkward-didn't-understand-his body-kind of-uncomfortable teen.'

Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness

If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.