If you're making abortion illegal and undermining the various things that will allow the prevention of that need, it can only be a situation that goes from bad to worse.

Most of us have to think worst-case scenario.

There's a saying that you can't awaken somebody who's pretending to be asleep.

The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think.

I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.

Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning and reproduction.

There's also really no way of knowing what Donald Trump is going to do - he's been sufficiently vague in his policy positions.

We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.

The part of you that's like God is the part that makes a choice. That says, I choose to. Or, I choose not to. That's what's sacred.

The part of you that's like Gob is the part that makes a choice. That says, I choose to. or, I choose not to. That's what's sacred.

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

Great humility brings great grace.

Can anyone actually find a replacement for a lost loved one?Isn't there a difference between things and human beings?

Every layer of complexity creates greater distance from life’s simple truths.

ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.

I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.

Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.

Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.