God made a woman equal to a man, but He did not make a woman equal to a woman and a man. We usually try to do the work of a man and of a woman too; then we break down.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.

Nothing bigger can come to a human being than to love a great cause more than life itself.

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.

Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace.

The millennium will not come as soon as women vote, but it will not come until they do vote.

I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness--good faith, good friends, and all the work I can possibly do.

Any woman who does not live for unselfish service is a useless cumberer of the earth.

Even when the lightening flashes inside them we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, the next pain, the next breath, the next page. This is how we go on.

True passion motivates the life forces and brings forth all things good.... desire is the poor cousin to passion, ever hungry and with no real result.

A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.

I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.

Leave me in a room with some crayons and I'll draw on the wall.

I started doing improv in college, and I really liked it.

Glory, the casual gift of thoughtless crowds! Glory, the bribe of avaricious virtue!

In America, the colors sing, they don't just glower at you. The West Coast especially is fantastic. It seems like you can do whatever you want here.