Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

What is to give light must endure burning.

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

Be that self which one truly is.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.