America already is great, but we are great because we are good, and we will respect one another, and we will work with one another, and we will celebrate our diversity.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

Wisdom’s Pearl doth often dwellClosed in Fancy’s rainbow shell

You can’t get caught up in worrying about whether everyone you work with likes you. Ultimately you want the respect of your coworkers, but you don’t need them to be your buddies.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way.

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.

I hate clutter. I can't stand it.

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

I know what you're thinking... and you oughtta be ashamed of yourself.

Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.