We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.

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.

It is not the words or the actions you should trust, rather the pattern.

Because he believed in himself, he believed what he did was important. Or maybe it was the other way around.

She was drowning—in friendliness, in community—and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out.

I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.

The streets weren't paved with gold and Rose petals [when I was young]. "Do I have a horn to sell this month to pay my rent, or what am I going to do?" It was what it was.

I think the endeavor is to just make your film and then hope it travels as much as it can.

Every single model wants to be in Sports Illustrated, and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.

I must endure...for the world for the children.

Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned.

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.