“I have the most beautiful daughter in the world and I’m grateful for her.”

If happiness were easy, everybody would feel it all the time, and it wouldn’t seem like such an elusive prize.

I realized that there are no certainties in life. You can’t manipulate fate.

New York City is my playground.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

I’ve always been told I have a giant placenta.

I’m not overly focused on being loved by everybody.

I’m scared of the unknown future.

I didn’t binge when I was pregnant.

I don’t think it’s good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.

I love pregnancy and the bump and the whole thing.

You have to work for everything. Marriage should not be any different.

Being with my family is my highest priority.

Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you’re not mad when you see them, you’re happy, and you get right back into it.

Food is not your best friend or enemy.

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

You choose happiness. You don’t wait for it to choose you.

I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world.

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man’s daughter would not understand blues.

As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.

A prayer is directed by a supplicant toward someone/something powerful who can grant a favor, and by putting daughters in that position, you place them in the position of power.

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.

Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She’ll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week’s episode, her first show since giving birth to daughter Alice on Sept. 10.

Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.

All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.