There is a physical, not moral, impossibility of supplying the wants of the intellect in the state of civilisation at which we have arrived.

Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.

Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

Do not have expectations. We humans are created imperfect, which means that we have flaws

I feel like nothing is impossible.

Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.

I'm a bluesman, which means that I put an emphasis on the minor keys.

You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day.

I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

Don't you find it odd that people will put more work into choosing their mechanic or house contractor than they will into choosing the person who grows their food?

It's just the way it is. The sky is blue, the sun is bright, and Aspen endlessly loves America. It's how the world was designed to be.

There will be other forms in addition to our classic marriage. One is already looming on the horizon: polyamory, or having more than one intimate partner.