As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

Why is it immoral to be paid for an act that is perfectly legal if done for free?

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger.

There is no change without sacrifice.

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.

There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

Your fiery spirit excites me, Keirah, like nothing I have ever felt before. Yet I have the overwhelming desire to put you over my knee when you don't do as you are told.

How do you want us to tune the lens and our eyes are filled with tears

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

It’s very easy to capture pictures of jubilant people in the street after the nuclear bomb. But there were no pictures of morose people sitting in their kitchens and living rooms.

Somebody who has been in a very bad wreck is going to be very conscientious about not speeding through a yellow light... You just learn so many good lessons when you go through a failed marriage.

When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting our law-abiding citizens.

Unlock your mind, unlock your mind. Throw off the fear, and let us fly.

When you're pregnant, things-at least for me-get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth.

Silk and Shadows is something else. Like brilliant. It got under my skin as very, very few books have. It's still under my skin. Mikhal was haunting.

the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.