"I've always hated the word spirituality, but now I accept the word, and I think it's a useful term. It just means so many things. And actually, most of the things it does connote are beautiful things."

“I had the one thing you need to be a blues singer, I was born with the blues.”

“Oh, who would choose to be a traveler? --That anxious railway-guide unravelerWho spends his nights in berths and bunks,His days in chaperoning trunks;Who stands in line at gates and wicketsTo spend his means on costly ticketsTo Irkutsk, Liverpool and YapAnd other dots upon the map.”

Source : Arthur Guiterman, “The Traveler”

“What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?”

“Family is forever and the most important foundation in life.”

Source : "RHOBH’s Kristen Taekman: Parenting, Collaborating, Evolving". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly.”

Source : Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 21, 2010.

“Keep advertising and advertising will keep you.”

“Sex keeps me fit and healthy. What can be better than that? It's not about crazy diets or gym workouts.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I'm a very conceptual writer.”