"I really am disappointed when I run into people who are angry I'm leaving office."

“For the whole of Western Europe, I know the business community quite good.”

“The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential.”

“One of our greatest challenges as Christians is to be driven by the love of Christ rather than constantly seeking after God's comfort.”

Source : "Mohammed was a Feminist". Interview With April Dembosky, www.motherjones.com. December 19, 2005.

“I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.”

“My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.979, Penguin

“I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!”

Source : "Larry Bird : Doer and Teacher" by Douglas S. Looney, Christian Science Monitor (p. 8.), May 22, 1998.

“If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no.”

Source : Song: Ex-Girlfriend Racial Humor, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

“My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.”