While we can't begin to repay the debt we owe our veterans for their brave service, we can certainly take steps to ease the physical, psychological and financial hardships they may be experiencing.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

Without your voice being heard in Washington, the decisions we make aren't as good. I would urge women to consider public service. And if you want to run, give me a call. I'll help.

When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to triumph over cowardice and hate.

When a woman has the opportunity to speak truth to power, it's important that she does, even if it's just trying to get a crosswalk in her neighborhood. That's how social change happens!

My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs.

A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.

Most of my friends that I know now [were sexually assaulted] stayed silent. And I see that still happening today. A lot of women will stay silent and not share what happened to them.

Women's voices aren't heard often enough. Congress should reflect the population, but with only 20 percent women in the Senate and 18 percent in the House, it just doesn't.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nations faith in its elected leaders.

I don't think clients you represented as an associate are relevant ... I think how you vote is relevant.

The worship of God shouldn’t be done in church alone, but in all our actions and our attitude towards His creation

You fell asleep and a monster crawled from out of my head and found its way under my bed

(F)iction is...what ought to have been, not what actually was. At least, not exactly.

Who can believe in illusion even if we all live the Illusion of Life?

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

For you girl, there is not enough love in the world.

Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

I wrote on my desk wall when I was writing the film...'Art is socialism, but life is capitalism.' That's the hard thing in all of it if you expect to make a living.

Clay Cook is a first class musician. Tender tormented genius here in 'North Star'. I will kill him if he leaves my band and he knows it. Great record.