“I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.”

Hate is unfulfilled love.

I’m very susceptible to sex appeal.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.

Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!

If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.

Good food is a celebration of life.

The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

I’m a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.

Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.

It’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new.

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.

There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere.

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles.

I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way – I just feel good in my skin.

I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.

A female salmon lays three thousand eggs a year – and has yet to receive a Mother’s Day card from one of them.

Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins.

All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.

Don’t tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won’t respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, ‘Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.’.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

My parents hated me. All I ever heard was, “Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia? Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia?” Shelia had died at birth.

I’ve had so many rebirths, I should come with my own midwife by now.

I was born in 1962, and the room next to me was 1963.