The mole rat is the only rodent born without a fur coat. With a good lawyer, someone would pay for that little oversight.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Grandparenthood is one of life's rewards for surviving your own children.

Let us hope manufacturers can come up with a diaper that is environmentally sound. To go back to cloth would send us back to the day when breathing and raising a baby at the same time were incompatible.

In Russia, as I sat there day after day wearing headphones, listening to the interpreter struggle to make our words relevant, I wondered if we could establish meaningful rapport with a nation that had never seen raisins dance in dark glasses on TV...never had a garage sale.

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.