I must say, I feel the reception of my work is none of my business.

Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.

Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

We form ourselves within the vocabularies that we did not choose, and sometimes we have to reject those vocabularies, or actively develop new ones.

All of us, as bodies, are in the active position of figuring out how to live with and against the constructions - or norms - that help to form us.

To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.

As we interpret ourselves differently, we also live ourselves differently.

Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.

Look for the heart of a tradition in the actions of its humble servants and selfless teachers. Listen and let the teachings be borne out, or set aside, based on your experience.

As is a tale so is life: not how long it is but how good it is is what matters.

We need to cooperate globally on epidemic preparedness and prevention in the same way we are cooperating globally to stop people from getting nuclear weapons.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?

As you get older, you learn there are some things out of your control.

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.

For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.

Millions of people have to restore liberty and have to understand the danger and personal risk they face in a police state.

Looking at art is one way of listening to God.