As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.

I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men.

Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

Fertilization of the soul is the reason for the necessity of art.

If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.

I always say that if she treats her kids half as good as she treats the dogs, they'll be in great shape.

I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God.

You'll know what kind of bird I am when I fly over you.

To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.