The best way to keep your daughter out of hot water is to put some dishes in it.

Teenagers complain there's nothing to do, then stay out all night doing it.

Love is a state of mind which has nothing to do with the mind.

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.

Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses. It restoreth my buzz.

Love has been described as a three-ring circus: First comes the engagement ring, then the wedding ring, and after that the suffering.

It is always dullest before the yawn.

The person who knows everything has the most to learn.

If you want your wife to listen to you, talk to another woman.

He took his misfortune like a man - he blamed it on his wife.

A credit card sometimes adds to the high cost of living but more often to the cost of high living.

New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.

One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions.

No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.

Before there was a proper understanding and a sense of God's presence, the idea that everything would one day end was utterly desolating.

Openness to my own dreams puts me in touch with the oldest, most human aspects of who I am; it helps me find my place in the community of man.

When I first came to America there still was Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine, and the photography in those magazines was amazing to look at. They had the best portraits, and their news photography.