I cannot sell my soul in order to participate with Nancy Pelosi or Carole Migden or any of them. I can't do it.

There's no question that I have always wanted to be mayor. I know I am strategically not supposed to be saying that, but I don't care.

I just think women should support women.

It's hard for me to write about anything personal because I get way too personal.

I would suggest that people do need to trust someone, to think they care about you. I believe that in my heart.

We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.

The last thing I would ever do though is actively work against another woman.

My success has been based on the issues. It's easy to fight for mental health or needle exchange or small businesses or whatever, because the machine can't interfere.

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

When I think about political races, and certain consultants, the word that comes to mind is dirty. Dirty, dirty, DIRTY!

I really, really, loved being an elected official. But I also love what I'm doing now. I thrive when I can fight for people and I'm doing it now as a lawyer.

Love is so powerful that it can enter through a closed door and steal all of the contents of a precious heart within a moment.

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.

What makes you different is what makes you stronger. You are a masterpiece uniquely designed by God. You can have tremendous victories, love, and abundance.

Lord till I reach that blissful shore No privilege so dear shall be As thus my inmost soul to pour In prayer to thee.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.

I know what it takes to put on a good show for the fans.

I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves.

Amy Winehouse - her surname's beginning to sound like a description of her liver.