People in these places don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognise the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump UNICEF.

It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's the flowers you choose, the music you play, the smile you have waiting. I want it to be gay and cheerful, a haven in this troubled world. I don't want my husband and children to come home and find a rattled woman. Our era is already rattled enough, isn't it?

There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?

Is there anything more important than a child?

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.

The most important job in life is being a mom.