I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.

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.

We do many things carelessly or unwillingly, but nothing studiously unless we are willing and apply ourselves.

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.

Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture.

What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books.

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.

I'm not a huge drama person. I think I liked them more when I was younger.

If you don't like a place, maybe you don't know enough about it... Give a culture the benefit of your open mind.

Wives are people who think it's against the law not to answer the phone when it rings.

Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister stashed behind his throne to whisper clever things to say.