Roma Downey Quotes

"Operation Smile invites the local medical teams to try to learn the skills required. Their philosophy is that if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, but if you teach him to fish, he'll eat for his lifetime. They're really trying to show these local doctors how to... perform the operation."

"I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune."

"Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation."

"A smile costs about $240."

"I'm not fooling myself. I don't expect my faith to turn up on the cover of Rolling Stone anytime soon or expect MTV to run the video. But I know there's an audience for it. And our album is sincere and comes from a well-intentioned place."