We need to have a tax system that rewards work and not just financial transactions.

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.

It's sometimes funny to watch some people doing something the wrong way but doing it confidently. Even more funny, they succeeded.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

A roof of harmony can only be built on top of pillars of tolerance.

Dogs are special that way—you can ignore them or yell at them, they always forgive you. —Madison

I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.

Make the subtle shift from pushing ourselves to be the best in the world, to allowing ourselves to be the best for the world.

I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

I think of how most people only get three weeks of vacation a year. And that, for me, seems like it would be really hard. My life feels like a vacation.

Given the brief - and generally misleading - exposure most people have to mathematics at school, raising the public awareness of mathematics will always be an uphill battle.

I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news.