Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

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.

Be what you are and sing a song of beauty and love.

For when ideas flutter in haze, we collaborate without notice and collect them as butterflies only to set them free into the world.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.

I still watch 'Idol, ' and it's still the No. 1 show, so obviously I'm not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained.

To secure the greatest amount of pleasure with the least possible outlay should be the aim of all economic effort.

So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.

A blogger is an average person who happens to have a need to count his friends every half hour.

When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.

Daddy, will you take me to the mill, again?