Any kind of business or start-up you have, you're going to be faced with a lot of people who maybe don't believe in it or see the vision or just say no.

I figure if I just stay true to myself and I am the Whitney that I've always been, people will look at me not as Whitney from the show, but as a human being.

I have to believe in myself. I have to be my biggest advocate or I would crumble.

I firmly believe that if you're really unhappy with something, then you should go ahead and change it.

I've been dating a lot. I've met some very interesting people, and I've had some horrible blind dates.

I have always been kind of a prude. But kissing is harmless to me, and sometimes a kiss can tell if it's even worth seeing that person again!

Why the hell don't people understand there are some things you don't talk about? You keep it to yourself so you hurt fewer people. You're supposed to pay with guilt. Guilt is penance.

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.

Travel, which is like a greater and a graver science, brings us back to ourselves.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind.

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them.

Cow protection to me is one of the most wonderful phenomena in the human evolution.

You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp.

I think I'm more effective as an activist if I stay in music, to be honest. Music, the way it reaches people and transcends divisions, is a really effective and powerful forum.