Goldie Hawn

“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”

“Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?”

“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of lif...”

“If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of th...”

“My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs o...”

“When I turned 50, I asked some of my girlfriends, all actresses of the same age, 'What are we going to do now?' I wanted to go live somewhere for a while, learn archaeology, or take part in...”

“Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.”

“I'm not a proponent of staying together and being miserable and damaged and coming through actually a more battered person.”

“The big money goes to kids and young men - big tent-pole movies, which are expensive but have a great return.”

“The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.”

“We can't turn a blind eye to the importance of the well-being of our children, and we need to pay close attention to building the future leaders of tomorrow.”

“During the era when women were burning their bras - which, by the way, they never actually did - but when women were first becoming liberated, I was 23. And I met a woman who asked, 'Don't y...”

“I don't like facial hair, and I don't like kissing facial hair, as you cant find the lips.”

“I just wanted to be normal. I wanted to have a normal life. I wanted to have children. And when I was picked out of a chorus line and cast in a TV series, I got anxious, so I took the bull b...”

“What helps with aging is serious cognition - thinking and understanding. You have to truly grasp that everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in l...”

“A lasting relationship isn't about marriage. It's about compatibility and communication. And you both need to want it to work.”

“Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it.”

“Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for a child's well-being, but also for self-e...”

“We need to habituate better thinking to appreciate more of your day because that has a neurological correlate.”

“Moms and dads don't last forever. If you've got unfinished business, we need to face that, and that's not easy. Every child wants to love their mother and their father. Love is the most impo...”