Catherine Oxenberg

My father told me I couldn't possibly be a model because I was too short. He's very protective. I did it partly to prove him wrong. ”

I've done so much healing on myself, been through personal hell, through hell in my relationships; my children have been through so much, and we've gotten to a place of healing. ”

I've had relationships with men who are simply not willing to change their lifestyle. That's fine if you're unformed as a woman and you're able to blend yourself into something that's a convenient vessel. It's hard once you become a mother, I'll tell you. Something changes. ”

I'm a prankster with a Monty Python sense of humor that somehow gets misrepresented in those tacky supermarket publications as bratty, snotty, and rude. ”

It's amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes. ”

What really ticks me off is how the public figures you automatically become the roles you play. What most people never see is the silly side of me. ”

If it's true, as I believe it is, that the planet is alive, then it's probably also true that we may reach a point at which she will begin to defend herself against us. ”

I've always been concerned about the environment. Becoming a mother only intensified my concern. I became even more alarmed about what we are doing to the earth and what our children will inherit as a result. ”

Since we're all Mother Earth's children, I like to think that more and more of us will be out there helping her against those who are hurting her. ”

I know it's become a cliche of sorts, but, nonetheless, it is true. This is the only planet we and our children and children's children will call home. We can't afford to lose this home because we didn't protect it. ”