A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

Kindness is silent, but it speaks louder than a voice.

We must fight for the freedom of religion

Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job.

Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door.

I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear.

To move with the times is, of course, to go where all times go.

A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.

My business is staunching blood, and feeding fainting men.

The wise person questions himself, the fool others.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.