The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.

People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don't know what really matters.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

There's no absolutes in life - only vodka.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

A good thing never ends.

I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.

The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy.

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean.

People don't always want to have females as leaders.

I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.

Find friends and not lovers; you will win the game of life.

I've arranged with my executor to be buried in Chicago. Because when I die, I want to still remain active politically.

We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.

Almost everyone is uncomfortable talking about money.

The way we do small things determines the way we do EVERYTHING

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce.