"Decorating is a footnote to real life for me, a means to an end: Living well."

“I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.”

“If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.”

“If we use our policy instruments wisely with regard to broadband, we can do some very practical things to make 'growth and jobs' a reality in the less-developed and rural regions of Europe, too.”

“Dare to be wrong and to dream.”

“Become aware of what you are thinking and you will recognize a law between your mood and your surrounding circumstances.”

“It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being...”

“Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes, there are all these incursions by women. It's our Alamo.”

“As I lay me down to sleep, this I pray. That you will hold me, dear. Though I'm far away, I whisper your name into the sky. And I will wake up happy.”