We need to make it easier for companies to invest in good jobs here at home.

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.

Segregation shaped me education liberated me.

Blankly expressing oneself can be stronger than words.

the book is intended to show how it is possible to live in and be enlarged by loss, even as we continue to experience it.

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.

Centripetal force is the force by which bodies are drawn from all sides, are impelled, or in any way tend, toward some point as to a center.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

One of the many things I said was that Eliot Spitzer had one set of rules for himself and one set for everyone else. I never would have imagined it could be so glaring.

Pain has no effect but to steal some of my time.

I derive a tremendous amount of pride in developing places that everyday people can experience. I like to create beauty in everyday lives.

Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.