The river of sludge will go on and on. It isn't about me.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

Anyone can do whatever they want in life, this is our world to play in.

Inspiration is born when our passion becomes greater than our fear.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually em­barrassed to tell people I'm Russian, because it's become such an awful place.

The president needs to be a force that is trusted in the world.

Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.

Ill never be as good an actor as I want to be....but I'll be good.

I don't like to stick to one formula. That gets boring. I get bored, so I want to try different ways of getting inside something.

You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be very interesting to make a collection of some of the worst writing by good writers.