I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.

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.

You are the creator of your world.

This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.

I am living my dream because I get to work with my kids and watch them find their happiness. It's so rewarding - we brainstorm around a conference table and have a really great time doing it.

We've never been people that go around and confront people that have been financially successful and say, 'We hate you. We envy you because of how well you're doing.'

A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound.

People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.