There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

I wasn't ever interested in marrying someone else's career or bank account.

To this day I do not believe I'm great at anything.

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people.

To me an audition is 30 crazed people in a room waiting to be axed.

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.

Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.

They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing.

Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.

Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.

If I'm in love I want to get married. That's how stupid I am.

For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.

God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.

We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.

People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.

I was told all my life I was part Cherokee. Then it was Crow. The latest is Blackfoot.

I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth.

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers.

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.

I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.

Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.

I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

If you settle for what you've got, you deserve what you get.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

I work to stay alive.