Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.

I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife.

You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.

Women are like tea bags: put them in hot water and they get stronger.

Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.