The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

A good government may indeed redress the grievances of an injured people but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that as a novelist you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.

As strong as the United States is we can't deal with terrorism alone.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle sir is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant the active the brave.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

If you love somebody you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work whatever the situation.

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy.

I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.

Reason is a crutch for age but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.

I prefer younger men. In some ways they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet.