I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society. Use this quote
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. Use this quote
My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas. Use this quote
What is free time? I'm a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl. Use this quote
A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. Use this quote
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things. Use this quote
Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude. Use this quote
While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here. Use this quote
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience. Use this quote
My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby. Use this quote
I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats. Use this quote
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys". Use this quote
I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort. Use this quote
As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life. Use this quote
There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning. Use this quote
I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that. Use this quote
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. Use this quote
More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion. Use this quote
Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political. Use this quote
I've changed my life in a lot of ways. I'm a mom, a wife, and a Christian. Some of the things I expressed in my early 20s aren't what I care to express right now. Use this quote
