Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.

Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.

Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.

When you forgive, you free your soul. But when you say I'm sorry, you free two souls.

Being single entitles you to not ask someone's opinion before you do something to mess up your own room, your credit report or even your life.

I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.

I don't really like the gym.

Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share.

When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle.

I'll say it's not easy to keep yourself between 100 and 112 pounds every day of every month of the year. Especially for women. I'm a woman; once a month I retain water and I crave chocolate and sugar. Those are the toughest days.

Nothing cannot exist forever.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

Recently I heard Sheryl Crow and I loved her, she was terrific.

I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.

I'm a big 'Star Trek' fan.

I've grown up so much here. It's been two years. I've become a woman here, I've become an actress here.

A teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

If every instinct you have is wrong then the opposite would have to be right.

I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home.

I wasn't always minimal. In the early days, I was laying it on as thickly as I could, trying very hard to get it right. But I found that the harder I tried, the more tired whatever it was I was working on looked. And then I grew tired of it as well.

There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction regardless of fashion or trend.

Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them.

I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays.

In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas 'presence' neutralized.