Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.

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.

Light another’s path and the universe will light your own.

Seek the sacred light.

The dream is a distant goal.

You bled on the Speaking stars ...I bet there's a law somewhere about that.

Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.

The American films just have so much more publicity and so much more money behind them that it's so hard to compete.

Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

In the practice of any craft, we are less concerned with the quantity of the product than with its quality, and less concerned with the product than with the artisan.

Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable

Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was poor. I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.