Some days you just want to get dressed and go about your business. But if you're a woman, you can't, because there is no unmarked woman.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

The real disturbers of the peace are those who, in a free state, seek to curtail the liberty of judgment which they are unable to tyrannize over.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.

I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He’s always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I’m a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality.

The richest person in the world is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.