They [parents] can resist the impulse to "prove" their love by showering children with things they do not need and give them precisous time and attention instead.

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.

I am not meant to be a biomass, I am a human being and I am born with a mission

The Bible clearly says that faithfulness and persecution often go hand in hand.

All I Ever Loved And TransformedBy My Loving Soul ... God, I Really Do Hope ... No One Is Ever GoingTo Love, It.P.C.M. Hermans

I've always been extremely physically active.

After several minutes, picture that your entire body is merging with the blue sky. Feel that you have become the infinite blue sky that stretches endlessly in every direction.

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.