Brooke Shields

I’m so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn’t understand, she had to explain: ‘That’s like three Mercedes.’ Then I understood.

To me, you’ll always be the rising suns, the sinking moons, and all the stars that come between the sound of rain and river stones, the warmth of my sheets, the ache in my bones.

If you ever get started on the right path to change, there is one important precondition you have to meet. You must rid yourself of that gnawing and overpowering sense of urgency and panic that always seems to appear on the scene.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.

I don’t think I’ve made mistakes. Every time somebody said I made a mistake, they do the polls and my numbers go up, so I guess I haven’t made any mistakes.

The thing is, she’s got heart, a colossal, mesmerizing one. She gives me a green flash love, the type you are rarely lucky enough to see but when you do, your entire sky is changed forever.

People don’t like when you point out to them and remind them that they’re not very smart.

Here I am alive, and it’s not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t, either.

It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

Who is wise? He who learns from all men.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.