Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.

All right. The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

Too big, too empty, too heartbreaking . . . Too much to cope with

Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.

Behind all the hype shaping the electronic highway are corporate interests. These huge companies are doing the most natural thing in the world to them; following their own corporate interest.

The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for any superfluous leg.

A winemaker never, never changes the character of a wine. The character comes from the grapes.

The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.

I belong to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads.