We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'

You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.