Liz Smith

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.

Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.