I'm a huge fan of women; I think we're great.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

As I said, my parents loved that when they came to America, if you worked hard, the only things that could stop you were the limits you placed on yourself.

I wear heels. It's not for a fashion statement, it's... ammunition.

Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are treating their people.

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important, one is, push through the fear.

Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.

We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.

People ask the question, 'If you're offered VP, would you take it?' No, I won't take it.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

The public likes to think that women only care about contraception. Contraception doesn't define a woman.That's - doesn't define our views. We're so much smarter and broader than that.

A true friend finds a way to celebrate—even in the worst moments of life—and forces it upon you.

Some people make choices hoping for the best

I contemplate the bones for a while then turn away. I have work to do. Next year I will have an odako that is bigger, grander, more beautiful than anyone has ever seen. Next year.

The only thing success should do is make you more humble.

February makes a bridge and March breakes it. [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]

Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.

The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be picked up.

In a word, most bad attitudes are the result of selfishness.

Creativity is the greatest gift of human intelligence.

A fish does not swim it is SWUM. A bird does not FLY it is flown.