Poached eggs are good, poached animals are not.

Know the difference between success and fame. Success is Mother Teresa. Fame is Madonna.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Explain to me how he [her son] can ride a bicycle, run, play ball, set up a camp, swing, fight a war, swim and race for eight hours ... and has to be driven to the garbage can.

[On her father's death:] I didn't know his leaving would hurt so much.

No baby shall at any time be quartered in a house where there are no soft laps, no laughter, or no love.

A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.