I know I'll astonish everyone by talking like this, but it's God's truth. Honors have never tempted me and I've never sought them.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.

we've learned an interesting rule about fame. Those who seem desperate for it are the people that others least want to see.

The Kyoto treaty ... has no scientific foundation

I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it.

Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for our today.

You can root for someone who's imperfect.

Blackness is not simply a reactionary title or identity; that is indeed the "negative" way of characterizing African American identity.

My objective is to satisfy [my] audience so they come back the next day.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

'F - k you' is not really the best way to articulate how you feel.