"When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial."

“All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.”

Source : Wisława Szymborska (1981). “Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems”, p.43, Princeton University Press

“the greatest sin is carelessness.”

Source : "Playboy Interview: Linda Ronstadt". Interview with Jean Vallely, www.ronstadt-linda.com. April, 1980.

“Hurts and disappointments can hold gifts.”

“I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.”

“Character is like my fingerprint; it identifies me from everyone else in the world. It says who I am and where I am headed.”

“I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“If I had it to do over, I'd vote for Obama without hesitation. I'm very thankful that McCain and Palin aren't in office.”

Source : "Tim Blair, Investigative Reporter". littlegreenfootballs.com. April 27, 2010.

“I go to a Catholic school and I'm telling you: invisibility = eternal damnation. You can take it to the bank.”