In 1947 and '48, everybody in then-Palestine belonged to some group. I chose the group that was the forerunner of the Israel Defense Forces.

The most important thing for my father was learning. Because nobody can take that away from you.

I lived, while 1 1/2 million Jewish children died. So I have an obligation to repair the world.

You see families at a restaurant and the kids are on the phone and the adults are on the phone. It's just a catastrophe.

If not for the Kindertransport, I would not be here today.

I love being Dr. Ruth, so I have never thought of retiring.

I am fortunate.

I don't let people call me before 9 A.M.

I was already 50 when I started in television.

I don't talk around issues.

I'm not a sex symbol, at least in the conventional sense.

I'm a super good shot.

I read the horoscope, and when I like it I smile and when I don't like it, I say, 'Dr. Ruth Westheimer, what's the matter with you?'

I was an only child.

It's good to be a widow in New York, because I can do something every night.

I don't want people to be lonely. I would like them to find partners.

I have nothing against the Internet meeting places, as long as people use them intelligently.

I don't know how to play Canasta.

Young and older people need to learn relationships take time and effort.

I was one of the first ones to participate in fundraisers for AIDS.

I'm all for any place, any way, any media that can help people connect with somebody and not be lonely.

I tell people with children still in the house to go out once a week and talk about anything but the children. Otherwise, once you are an empty nester you might have nothing to talk about.

I have the habit of always saying thank you to police and guards who watch us.

I think I was fortunate that even in the children's home I had a boyfriend. How important it was, as an orphan at the age of 12, to be caressed and to be kissed and to know that there is someone who really deeply cared about me.

I am not an expert on that whole issue of gender.

Every person has to be respected.

I would never have dreamt that I would live in this country and that we would see swastikas painted at the door of a psychology professor at Columbia University.

It matters a great deal that I come from a Jewish background.

I have to be true to what I think because that's my whole career.

I have never, ever been embarrassed by saying, 'I don't know.' I think maybe that's part of that longevity of my career. Sometimes I have to say, 'I don't know but I'll find out. Call me next week.'

I don't believe in honesty at all costs.

I am not against people finding people to date on social media. That's the way it goes now.

I never talk about anything Hollywood or about politics. I will talk about how concerned I am about funding for Planned Parenthood, and how very sad it makes me when I see anything about children being separated from their parents.

I use humor to educate.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

I went on a kibbutz for two years. I then realized I have to study. I have to learn something.

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.

I worked at Columbia University's School of Public Health.

Planned Parenthood is a very important part of my professional life.

I'm a Zionist who believes that every person has to have a country of their own.

Never to forget the Holocaust was not only against Jews. It was mostly against Jews but it was also against homosexuals, gypsies and, let's not forget, people with disability.

A friendship has to be cultivated. A friendship you have to give time.

There will always be issues where an abortion is necessary.

Hugh Hefner was instrumental in my career, you know, by promoting the free-speech movement. People forget that about him.

Yes, for me Hanukkah is very sad. But the life force that's in me makes it a wonderful holiday, too.

When I came to this country, people told me that if I wanted to teach and work here, I would have to take speech lessons to lose my accent. But it helped me greatly, because when people turned on the radio, they knew it was me.

It is good to be Dr. Ruth.

I'm not a type of grandmother sitting in a rocking chair. I'm a lot in the theater. I'm a lot at concerts. I'm a lot at friends.' I like to go out for dinner. I don't have to be home one night a week if I don't want to.

At first I was against Internet dating because there are some inherent risks, but I've seen so many happy couples who've met on the Internet that I've changed my mind.

I'm a black-diamond skier and can dance the whole night - if I find a good partner!