I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life

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.

We often know information but not the epistemology of that information.

Always grateful, forever blessed.

The mirror never sees itself. The reflection never is itself.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.

Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.

How far is the light of the moon from the moon? How far is the taste of candy from the lip?

You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.