I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.

You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.

The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.

Politics is social work with power.

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.

Every great soul nurtures strong positive mental power.

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

I'm not afraid of anyone. I'm not shy about anything. Not even my big nose.

Prayers and provender hinder no journey. [Prayers and provender hinder no man's journey.]

Pilots track their lives by the number of hours in the air, as if any other kind of time isn't worth noting.

The mood state Americans are in, on average, when watching television is mildly depressed.

All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree.

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.