Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink.

The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception.

in politics as in life, what is known is not necessarily what is believed, what is shown is not necessarily what is seen, and what is said is not necessarily what is heard.

Stories told around the water-cooler as well as statistics confirm that a man's competence is more likely to be presupposed, a woman's questioned.

Presidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking.

I think it's healthy to say that the American people now have direct access and that we have sufficient confidence as people in our own ability to judge, to make intelligent decisions.

Increasingly, campaigns have become narcotics that blur our awareness of problems long enough to elect the lawmakers who must deal with them.

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

The head which does not turn backwards towards horizons that have vanished contains neither thought nor love.

It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights as it is for hotel or steels.

The reality of heaven doesn't take away the pain of or suffering or our losses, but it assures us that our pain is temporary.

As the moths around a taper, As the bees around a rose, As the gnats around a vapour, So the spirits group and close Round about a holy childhood, as if drinking its repose.

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem.

The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.

The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas.