To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.

How about we agree upon what our common American values are, which is lets make this a true land of opportunity.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

I grabbed my purse, which was conveniently place by the front door. Gabriel was such a considerate abductor/host. He even left the front door unpadlocked.

Marriage is a mystery that one would be wise not to solve too hastily.--- Marve De Jong, Love And Other Follies Of The Great Families Of Old New York

My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.

Everyone of us plays 'tapes' from our parents until we die. That's why it's so important to talk good values to your child

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

In many relationships that I've had people just try to own the other person.

Happiness eludes us if we run after it.

Aging is fraught with difficulties, most particularly for women who have been socialized to think of youth as beauty and the female role as reproduction.

I think that once an artist has proven herself and you sell lots of records, you should be compensated.