The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

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.

You ought to recognise your special talent, for your specific purpose.

Happiness is so simple in life:If I laugh then you are laughing too.

What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

those who despair of life are not long for it.

I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others.

The tendency of the UN and its major supporters is to think good intentions and mild to rampant corruption are as good as actual results.

I got to have a TV show that really was the talk of the nation for a while there. So I'm a very lucky guy.

Any moment now..." The girl [Calypso] stared out at the water. No magical raft appeared. "Maybe it got stuck in a traffic," Leo said.

The desert is cold early in the morning. Laying down on that sand is like laying on a block of ice.

Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse.