The public likes to think that women only care about contraception.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

As I said, my parents loved that when they came to America, if you worked hard, the only things that could stop you were the limits you placed on yourself.

I wear heels. It's not for a fashion statement, it's... ammunition.

Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are treating their people.

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important, one is, push through the fear.

Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.

We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.

People ask the question, 'If you're offered VP, would you take it?' No, I won't take it.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

The public likes to think that women only care about contraception. Contraception doesn't define a woman.That's - doesn't define our views. We're so much smarter and broader than that.

There are pockets of time, she thinks, where every sense rings like a bell, where the world brims with fleeting grace.

At 11, I could say ‘I am sodium’ (Element 11), and now at 79, I am gold.

Experience cold or heat pleasure or pain. These experiences are fleeting they come and go. Bear them patiently.

The sun is new each day.

I am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable.

Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.

I'm not going to work in a place where I can't eat donuts.

When people help me out, even with something like a move or a ride to the airport, I'm always thinking "Are you sure it's okay? Are you sure you don't mind?"

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.