Quotes about Values

I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.

I'm really not a materialistic person.

If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever.

I would rather be respected than elected.

I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.

We want young people to know what they believe, why they believe it. I believe America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic; I want to see the nation return to the Judeo-Christian ethic.

Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.

I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people who care about many of the things I do.

I appreciate my journey, but I don't want that for my kid. Not any of it. It has nothing to do with whether I liked my childhood. I really did. But as a parent, that isn't the childhood that I'd provide.

I wasn't brought up as a society girl to go to balls and be a debutante and marry the social set and money and go to parties. No one in my family lived like that. And I never wanted to live like that. I was brought up to believe in work. I always wanted a career. Always.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.