A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn't curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers, by all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics... and STATISTICS LIE.

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.

But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.