Quotes by Brooke Shields

“Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And thats very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.”

“Smoking kills. If youre killed, youve lost a very important part of your life.”

“If my jeans could talk, would I be embarrassed?”

“What does good in bed mean to me? When Im sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup -- thats good in bed.”

“I could never, ever have an abortion.”

“Rigorous, published, peer-reviewed research clearly demonstrates that treatment works. Medications can be an important and even life-saving part of a comprehensive and individualized treatment plan.”

“Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression”

“[Among replacements who were greeted with critical and audience approval were Reba McEntire in] Annie Get Your Gun ... Wonderful Town.”

“My responsibility is not to say do exactly what Ive done. Its just to say this is what I did.”

“I have now appeared on Broadway four times and would not have been able to do it without the center. I learned how to dance there.”

Guys think that if a girl is pretty shes automatically going to say no. Most of the guys Ive gone out with Ive had to make it completely obvious that Id like them to ask me out. Or Ive had to ask them.

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesnt happen.

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because its my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - its not Zen, believe me, Im not at all Zen - but Im so appreciative of even the chaos.

I think Im going to have to live vicariously through my daughters rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I dont think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night.

What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about.

I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didnt breed security. Ive gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We dont just Bohemian go out at nine oclock and go get Chinese food.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. Im pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

Smoking kills. If youre killed, youve lost a very important part of your life.

My fathers death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.