Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be.

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.

Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.

Reckless youth makes rueful age.

Grown-up people can wait.

It's crucial we know the facts and science, but it's naïve to rely on them alone to build a movement for change.

In the rotation of crops there was a recognized season for wild oats; but they were not sown more than once.

There has to be pain. That's the rule.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

The key function of banks is money creation, not intermediation.

... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.

Spirit can go anywhere. In fact, it has to go places so it can change and emerge like in the migrations. That's the whole idea.