Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
The freedom that money gives you makes you. . . well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
Once you accept that we're all imperfect it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them.
There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.
You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well.
The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see in the Gospel, those who allow themselves to be fascinated by Christ cannot fail to witness to the joy of following in his footsteps. . . We understand ever more that it is precisely in virtue of Baptism that we possess a co-natural missionary vocation.
You know what I'm talking about. This business has changed. Flyers aren't pilots anymore, they're engineers. This is a college man's game. Our work is done. The pioneering is over.
My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon on he might have some brown rice and some tofu, and then, come eight or nine at night, he orders three mud-pie double-chocolate pieces of cake and eats all three of them.