We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.

The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.

Politics is social work with power.

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families out of poverty

I shall not be lonely. No one who reads is ever that.

I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.

Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.

Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.

I speak my mind. That's who I am.

What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge.

If I come back, it will be a place, but it won't be a home any longer.

Perfection is unattainable, so I like to live in imperfection.

There are many concepts of spirituality, among them, various notions of divinity developed in the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic religions. Within these the concepts vary greatly.