Sexy ain't guys like Churchill and Lincoln.

The tobacco companies knew quite early on the addictive nature of their product.

I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS.

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.

I want to democratize business news.

The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending.

I'm the reason why I'm overweight. No one made me do it. I did it.

It's a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time.

It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.

We're all going to die. While I'm still here, I want to make a difference.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense.

Sexy ain't guys like Churchill and Lincoln.

We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things.

The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.

We're teaching our kids that attributes as vague and relatively meaningless as a toothy smile or a fine head of hair make a fine statement about a person.

I'm not wedded to covering the markets. I'm intrigued by the markets. If I can connect Main Street with Wall Street, then I've succeeded.

A lot of lawyers are set to tell me that it's not my fault I like to eat.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

If Edwards gained 60 pounds and lost all his hair, he'd look like Dick Cheney!

I don't think business news is just for old white men with money.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

There's nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There's everything wrong with making others have to have it... with you.

I'll rail against what I think is wrong.

It's not as if I can just pop on my show and be rude if I've had a hard day.

I hate elitists. I hate conceited people. I hate pompous people.

Why the hell do we make such a big deal out of things that shouldn't be a big deal?

Theres nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. Theres everything wrong with making others have to have it... with you.

I like to do special things for people. Any time someone has a birthday, I make them a really special cake that they all seem to love - it's a Coca-Cola cake.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Sometimes the most helpful thing you can do is to stop trying to be helpful.

Interviews are fun, but I get nervous at red carpets.

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.

I like to wear jewellery, even though I like my look to be minimalist. When I go out for events, I like to have at least one statement piece. It always adds glamour.

When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books, and now they're telling me how much they enjoy my novels.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

In another life, I could be a personal shopper.

For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.

Every time I look at Twitter, there's always somebody showing support.

When you're doing a series, you're really in a zone. You're thinking about those characters and their situations in a free-floating way all the time. They live with you all the time. So it's just as natural as breathing to be having ideas and thinking about what they're thinking about.

To help the parents make the choice of which school to send their child to, I would insist that schools are graded on a simple basis that parents can understand, A through F. The way Florida is done.

Birthdays are just weird! I like to have something simple like a dinner with friends and family if possible.

I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces, and I would sing for them.

I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.

A voice of greeting from the wind was sent The mists enfolded me with soft white arms The birds did sing to lap me in content The rivers wove their charms And every little daisy in the grass Did look up in my face and smile to see me pass

I don't use the phrase 'I love you' very often, but I say it every time I talk to my children.

The late sixties and early seventies were kind of a breeding ground for exciting new sounds because easy listening and folk were kind of taking over the airwaves. I think it was a natural next step to take that blissful, easy-going sound and strangle the life out of it.

I love music, particularly Radiohead, TV on the Radio, The XX and Tribes - they're a great new band from Camden and well worth a look at.