In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he became the filter through which I saw myself, the possibilities for my life, the world and all men. He was a conflicted and dark filter.

Iyanla Vanzant

I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.

Kaley Cuoco

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

Jean Paul

You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day, you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear for all eternity.

Theodore L. Cuyler

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.

Sudie Back

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Jean Cocteau

I wasn't a ballet baby. My first dance class was in an outdoor pavilion when I was three. It was called 'creative movement.' The teacher gave us chiffon scarves in beautiful colors. She turned on some music and said, 'Now go dance.' So for me, dance has always been about self-expression.

Carrie Ann Inaba

This is the highest wisdom that I own: freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service.

Paul Prudhomme

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Jean Paul

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Maya Angelou

Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time. To keep citizens puttering in their yards instead of sputtering on the barricades, the government has gladly deprived itself of billions in tax revenues by letting home owners deduct mortgage interest payments.

Florence King