"What I found interesting is that it's human nature to have a family."

“Slotted spoons don't hold much soup...”

“If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.”

“Look back, and smile on perils past.”

Source : Walter Scott (1873). “Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ...”, p.339

“Quit jumping over our feelings!”

“Not just any talk is conversation; not any talk raises consciousness. Good conversation has an edge: it opens your eyes to something, quickens your ears. And good conversation reverberates: it keeps on talking in your mind later in the day; the next day, you find yourself still conversing with what was said. That reverberation afterward is the very raising of consciousness; your mind's been moved. You are at another level with your reflections.”

Source : James Hillman, Michael Ventura (1992). “We've had a hundred years of psychotherapy-- and the world's getting worse”, Harpercollins

“Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.”

“As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.”

“My efforts to join the fight against breast cancer all began around the fact that women were getting short-changed in the medical arena.”

Source : "Using My Passion To Help Find A Cure" by Evelyn Lauder, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2007.