She had been trying hourly to ensure that this new friendship remained such, to be certain that it would not slip out of the careful grasp of her fingers and into the darker champers of her heart.

The most assured way to participate in a future is to anticipate it

Let me give you one piece of advice. Do not get between a woman and her cause.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a lovable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.

The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

Embrace the beautiful mess that you are.

I want to be a morning-talk-show host. I love Kelly Ripa's job. She gets to live in New York and has this amazing job hosting a talk show.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation its powers of endurance.