I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all.

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.

Never pray to be a better slave when God is trying to get you out of your situation.

Never criticize, complain or condemn. Never forget to appreciate with love what is good in a person.

There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

Sugar leaves you stranded; I make sure I have the proper amount of protein before I work out.

And after reading Thoreau I felt how much I have lost by leaving nature out of my life.

I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.

Eliminate the mindset of can't! Because you can do anything!

Seek the opportunity to act on your ideas and dreams.

Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the next.