The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

We are creatures built on a house of cards of language.

Dakota started laughing. "You wouldn't have anything back there to help me tame a punk-rock wild child with a disdain for cowboys, would you?

Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

[Liberals] are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. ... Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.

Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods.

A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.

All a singer needs is voice and expression anything else you have is an asset to your profession.

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down.

It's a small world? Dude, what have you been smoking?

Elegance is timeless. It withstands trend; It withstands the commercialization of what fashion and style have become.