If women who were free to speak did not speak, we might as well say to the entire world, 'No matter what you do to women, no one cares, just go right ahead.'

There's a difference between silence meaning agreement and being silenced.

When I was 7, I wanted to be a jockey. My father told me women weren't allowed. I couldn't believe it. I was perfectly willing to fail on my own merits, but to be flunked at birth?

Finding love is a two-part process. The first part is to find the right person. The second part is to be the right person.

Tenacity isn't just the most important thing, it's the only thing.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal.

When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.

He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him), and took a sort of pleasure in thinking that human affairs would never improve.

Gamblers take blind risks. Entrepreneurs take risks while visually impaired and feel their way up and out.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.

Did you know that five out of three people have trouble with fractions.

One great hope lies in the fact that there is a new consciousness in our World, particularly among young people.

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

Hawke," he said. "That's the word you need to be saying.

I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.

Back in high school I told my dad, "I'm going to have a computer someday." And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, "Well, I'll live in an apartment."