Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

I believe that Sean Quinn wouldn't be a man at all if he let someone steal his family's assets.

I was a mother who worked ridiculously hard to keep catastrophe at bay. I didn't allow my kids to eat hamburgers for fear of E. coli. I didn't allow them to play with rope, string, balloons - anything that might strangle them. They had to bite grapes in half, avoid lollipops, eat only when I could watch them.

I grew up in a strong faith-based family. I think I have selected to return to those roots for strength, for my family, for myself and to protect our children and to forgive others and move on and face forward.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.