The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.
I have a small walk-in closet, and it can easily turn into a recycling museum, so I’ve also learned to sort out. When you are as old as I am, it is very important not to get sloppy and wear boring clothes.
If you have to improvise, you have to be well prepared.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
Those who have never made a mistake have never tried anything new.
Suicide is never the answer. You must outlive your enemies.
It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.
At my age, you think about the afterlife. I’m mostly inclined to think there’s nothing there, but sometimes I can’t help but let my imagination run wild. My good friend Ulla Steen says she believes that all of us who like each other meet in the big angel bar where we are expected. I see myself arriving at the angel bar, and there’s my father, my husband and my son, and one of them says: “There’s Lise. Now we are four again for a l’hombre.
If you live for weekends or vacations, your shit is broken.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.
Throughout my life, the message and teachings of Christ have been my guide and in them I find hope. It is my heartfelt prayer that you will continue to be sustained by your faith in times of trial and encouraged by hope in times of despair.
My legacy is that I stayed the course… from start to finish because I believed in something inside of me.
Til we meet again, may God bless you. Adios.
Life is not about waiting for the storm to subside. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
Now the gossip must stop. Now I’m tired of getting sucked into your columns. Then you must sue me if you dare.
…the image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image.
In a rich man’s house, there is no place to spit in his face.
Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all
If you only want to see dog shit, then there is dog shit.
Of course, I have nothing against the language changing, but there must be reasonableness in it, so that it does not become a mere gas can. On the other hand, new words are sometimes added that I wouldn’t do without – for example, “smug”. It’s my new favorite word. It’s a wonderfully oily word, a precise word that covers a certain type of person with a high degree of self-confidence in their own abilities.
Sometimes you need to let go of everything – cleanse yourself. If you’re unhappy with something… whatever it is that’s dragging you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self, comes out.