I don't want people who just tell me what they think I want to hear, because that doesn't do me any good.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

people have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize their pets, to ascribe human perceptions and intentions to the animal where none exist

Mine is a quest, for a mouthful of skies.!

We are going to have that thing that everyone talks about, that indescribable, indefinable thing that everybody wants to find...here's to endless stargazing.

I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.

I don’t create art to get high dollar projects, I do high dollar projects so I can create more art.

lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

That is one of the great secrets of life, that life is a movement. And if you are stuck somewhere you lose contact with life.

Sculpture will last a lot longer than painting.

Once I fell in love with books, I fell in love completely.