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

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

I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, “Never mind! I'll do it myself.

Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body.

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood.

I am always behind the shopper at the grocery store who has stitched her coupons in the lining of her coat and wants to talk about a 'strong' chicken she bought two weeks ago. The register tape also runs out just before her sub-total. In the public restroom, I always stand behind the teen-ager who is changing into her band uniform for a parade and doesn't emerge until she has combed the tassels on her boots, shaved her legs, and recovered her contact lens from the commode.

A child develops individuality long before he develops taste.