Quotes from Ruth Westheimer

I was 50 when I had my first show, so I was never on television with a short skirt or decollete; I never tried to look or be younger.

I love small things. I love them.

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.

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

I once went with my grandson to a county fair where you shoot a water pistol at the clown's mouth. We came home with twelve stuffed animals and a goldfish.

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.

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.

I believe my soul isn't entirely German because my home is so disorderly.

At the age of 16 I immigrated to Palestine from Europe, where I became a member of the Haganah, the main underground army of the Jews.

The time has come when women should pay for a gigolo. Why should only rich men have young, beautiful women? Rich women should have young, beautiful men.

I'm old-fashioned and a square.

I don't like to see teenage men wearing very tight jeans. The sight of an erection belongs in the privacy of the bedroom, living room, or kitchen floor.

Contraception has to be available for anybody who needs it.

We just do not know what is normal.

When you feel yourself being critical, whether it is of yourself or another person, stop yourself. Look for positive aspects to admire.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

There will always be issues where an abortion is necessary.