I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a woman.

It's hard to hate up close. The more you get to know each other, the more common ground you can find and the more you can disagree without being disagreeable.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

When you value people, you give them freedom.

We have women entering lower-paying career fields. Women are still, culturally, the primary caregivers for children, even though we would love to have fathers and mothers share responsibility.

I just personally decided I was going to be the first woman fighter pilot.

I served my country in uniform for 26 years.

Dreams can only become reality when they are sought after with the spirit of boldness.

Compare yourself only with the word of God.

She thought of Aziza's stutter, and of what Aziza had said earlier about fractures and powerful collisions deep down and how sometimes all we see on the surface is a slight tremor.

Hatred is a curse that only love can cure.

I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.'

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.

Monogamy is monotonous, but it's safe you know. And that's my philosophy. And I like to convey that to people.

The Tudors, I don't even know if I had a family back then.

Life only avails, not the having lived.