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!

My son told me to stop singing 'Happy Birthday' when he was 4.

I hear you younger people saying how many friends they have on the Internet. That's nonsense. That's not friends, that's acquaintances. The word 'friendship' has lost its significance.

The early socialization of a child is crucial.

Many years ago, I went with my husband and daughter to Denmark. In those years, you could bring $400 worth of furniture without taxes. We had three people, we bought $1,200 worth of furniture.

Travel has always been one of the best ways to make new memories and reconnect with your loved ones.

German Jews don't show their emotions in public.

I do remember all of the songs of my childhood and they helped us to cope with being orphans. But the memories of my parents in my early childhood and the solid foundations of socialisation and strong values that they gave me never left me for one day.

I want to be like Madame de Stael.

I went to an Orthodox Jewish children's home that became an orphanage.

Many of the girls who were in the orphanage with me became either nurses or social workers.

When I started the radio program in 1981, not many people were talking about sexuality. Not many people were talking about AIDS or HIV.

I don't have scientifically validated data, but once two people have found each other and found interest in each other, my hypothesis would be that the relationship has a good chance of being successful.

Contraception has to be available for anybody who needs it.

Because of my experience with the Holocaust, I don't like to lose friends.

Luckily for me, I don't depend on seeing every patient who comes through my door to pay the rent, and so if someone is involved in an activity that I don't like, I just don't accept that person as a client.