Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.

I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?

Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.

God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, "Get the hell off my property."

You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.

Fortunately, psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself remains a very effective therapist.

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

If we can connect in some tiny way with a human that doesn't agree with us, then maybe we won't blow up the planet.

You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old -- whatever 'the old' means for you.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find -- at the age of 50, say -- that a whole new life has opened before you.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.

When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have.