. . . but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute - look at it and really see it - live it - and never give it back.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

I'm real ambivalent about [working mothers]. Those of use who have been in the women's movement for a long time know that we've talked a good game of "go out and fulfill your dreams" and "be everything you were meant to be." But by the same token, we want daughters-in-law who are going to stay home and raise our grandchildren.

When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.

Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight and surprise children around the Christmas tree has culminated in a woman unwrapping six shrimp forks from her dog, who drew her name.