I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.