Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.

Nothing Can Beat Hard Work, But Hard Work Itself

Groan and forget it.

This is a grave danger: the stoppage of information between the parts of the planet. Contemporary science knows that such stoppage is the way of entropy, of universal destruction.

TRUCE, n. Friendship.

My belief is where I get my strength. When I'm struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I'm excited to share that.

I come from a military family.

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians.

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!

The price we pay for our advance in civilization is a loss of happiness through the heightening of the sense of guilt.