When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

When you're lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.

Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world. It never questions age, height, religious preference, health, political affiliation, citizenship, morality, ethnic background, marital status, economic level, convenience, or previous experience.

My mind works . . . two boobs never get me a job.

I don't think women outlive men, Doctor. It only seems longer.

not all bears have their own television series. Some of them are unemployed wild animals.

There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.