I had always believed government was not a fungus: It could survive in sunshine.

The question was asked, how can you be a mother and a congresswoman? I said, I have a brain, I have a uterus and they both work.

I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.

The Pledge of Allegiance says "...with liberty and justice for all." What part of "all" don't you understand?

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.

You measure a government by how few people need help.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.

Dan Quayle thinks Roe v. Wade is two ways to cross the Potomac.

books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place.

The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.

Philosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a thud of pain, like a bruised place inside her.

You are not better than your thought... As a man thinks so is he..

You just never know how anything is going to go.

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.

I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great.

The more mature we are, the more receptive we are.

Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognised as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.

You should be able to look at me and see my work. You should be able to look at my work and see me.

I'm definitely not at my best. Honestly, I'm under 50 percent. But I've won stuff under 50 percent before.