“My daughter is my greatest inspiration.”

I believe that children are our future

When you’re feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

You get that love from the people. It lets me know that all the madness I go through, all the stuff that the business has to offer with all its madness; it makes it worthwhile.

I’ve always been a thin girl. I’m not going to be fat, ever. Let’s get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

I’m the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something’s going down, I won’t eat. Some people eat, I don’t eat. And it shows in my physical frame.

No, I’m not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you’d get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work.

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.

I’ve never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful.

I’ve got some good saints out there – that’s right – that pray for me constantly. You’ve gotta have that! You do.

Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight. OK? We don’t do crack. We don’t do that. Crack is whack.

Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all.

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.

There can be miracles when you believe.

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.

In a cave where everything is fragranced with water, she asks for a daughter instead of praying for a son.

It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest.

I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”

I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.

I hope our daughters are born with so much fire in their souls, they could put volcanoes and stars to shame.

Teach your daughters their battle cries are needed far more than their silence and hear them deafen the world with their fearlessness.

Tell your daughters how you love your body. Tell them how they must love theirs.

We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.