One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money - putting a price on your childhood - is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can't put a price on them. Use this quote
I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others. Use this quote
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness. Use this quote
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Use this quote
I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me. Use this quote
It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but I find it all a bit bizarre. Use this quote
In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television. Use this quote
The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success. Use this quote
Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us. Use this quote
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Use this quote
And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear. Use this quote
When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the best feeling in the world. It may sound dumb and corny to say it, but it's like pure love. Use this quote
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. Use this quote
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. Use this quote
In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game. Use this quote
Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark. Use this quote
With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world. Use this quote
Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. Use this quote
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business. Use this quote
The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it. Use this quote