"I sewed good wishes and thoughts into my garments, especially so if they were wedding or graduation dresses."

“My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.”

Source : "Super Bowl Q&A with … Steve Tisch". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. February 5, 2012.

“It's a lot harder to play football when you haven't got the ball.”

“Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.”

“Love dwindles by pairing.”

“It's a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn't felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way of bringing you fully awake. It makes things vivid.”

“The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century,”

Source : "Globalisation and agriculture industry exacerbating bee decline, says UN" by Fiona Harvey, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2011.

“I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.”

“Be a little kinder than you have to.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.244, Delacorte Press