I'm not saying we all have to love each other. I'm not saying we all have to agree with each other. I'm not even saying we have to like each other but let's respect each other.

It’s important to have relationships with the people at the archives.

I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black woman.

I realized that part of that anger was because I didn't know who I was and where I came from. I didn't know my history.

Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that you may escape it, but that you may endure it.

How can you be the best at what you do, when you don't even know what your strengths and weaknesses are?

Striking a balance in life is tough, but trying to strike balance and remain fair in the face of imbalance and oppression is even tougher.

If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.

I just wish I could understand my father.

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.

The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.

I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.

there are some people who never learn; indeed, few people learn by experience, so far as I have ever seen.

Career diversification ain't a bad thing.