We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

When things go bad, don't go with them.

Energy is what I believe all of us are. We're just conscious awareness dancing for itself for no other reason but to stay amused.

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

Do you remember when you found out there was no Santa Claus? I was so upset I didn't think I'd be able to do the show.

I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.

Mothers and unmarried women and married women, they're all welcomed in the Trump White House, and he's made that very clear to me.

I think my writing is part of my ministry.

No one will believe in you until you believe in you.

I had this thought a while ago, "My darling cannot understand What I have done, or what would do In this blind bitter land." And I grew weary of the sun

We are like icebergs in the ocean: one-eighth part consciousness and the rest submerged beneath the surface of articulate apprehension.