No human being is immune to adversity or personal setbacks.

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.

It’s better to bite your tongue than to eat your words.

There is nothing more valuable in the writing process than a friend to hold you accountable to your own potential.

We always have reason to rejoice and never have reason to complain.

Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]

To seek greatness outside yourself is turn your back on the treasure within.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.

Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him.

I'll give you the same advice I give my children: Never take advice from anybody.

I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.

Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others.