"Our brain needs comfort. When you irritate it, you cannot think."

“The kind of love that God has for us, I think, is of an infinite longing for union, and the kind of love that God wants us to have for him, I think, is of this also endless longing. Now in eros we lose ourselves. I think erotic love transforms us, but it does so only momentarily. It has to be embedded in something much longer, a much bigger narrative called marriage or durable relationship or something like that.”

“I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.”

“At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.”

“I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.”

“How furious she must be, now that she's been taken at her word.”

“The prayer is up to us; the answer is up to God.”

“From watching Lester (Flatt), I learned that it's important to be loyal to the people who made you and bought your music. He called me up to the front of the (tour) bus on the very first trip I went on with him. Lester pointed out two elderly people who were walking towards the but. He said, 'Those two people have been coming to see me since the mid 40's. That's what a country fan is all about.'”

“Your reality, Sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever!”