The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.

The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.

Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

If there were any justice in this world, people would occasionally be permitted to fly over pigeons.

The annoying thing about being modest is that you can't brag about it.

The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.

Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.

The trouble with making intelligent suggestions is that you're apt to be appointed to carry them out.

The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours.

One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

And I'm so thankful that I've been allowed to show another side of Trish.

Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up?

I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love after death than before.

I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.

Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds.

I'll tell you what I would do in a shot if I could. I would sing in the barbershop quartet in The Music Man.

To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.