We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is] mythology rather than science.

Race is not, and will not be an issue in this case.

Our tradition in this country has not been to deny health information to interested individuals when they claim that they can handle it and are willing to pay for the cost of getting it.

To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

One lives by memory . . . and not by truth.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.

As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.

I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

Knowing what I was, and wanting me, anyway.

There are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.

Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy.

I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.