The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.

That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.

Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?

No nation ever rises higher than its women.

Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its kind services!

I am an archaeologist of mature vintage. Rapid descents are not my specialty. I am the plodding type."~ Grace Madison, PhD.

A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.

I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s.

How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.

Raven! What are you doing up so late? You have school tomorrow!"..."But I thought it was just the one time?

It's important to focus on the good in life and appreciate it.

[It's] Rare for a first lady to be running for president.

To have children is a double living, the earthly fountain of youth, a continual fresh delight, a volcano as well as a fountain, and also a source of weariness beyond description.

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.