Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.

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.

Yet the same thing happens to the notions of morality. They are devised, at the start, as measures of expediency, and then given divine sanction in order to lend them authority.

If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.

Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.

It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness.

Ralph Lauren and Valentino have a lot of common. Ralph Lauren was one of the first really to put himself at the center of the story, and Valentino was even earlier.

Worry about Allah and what He wants you to do and He will take care of your worries.

I'm into rock'n'roll because rock'n'roll, to me, means freedom.

You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.

That’s what faith is, right?’ he says. ‘Believing in what can’t be known? Fall into my arms, Dori. I’ll catch you, every time, and I won’t let go.