Whether you work outside the home or not, never tell them [your children] that being a mommy is your 'job.' Being a mommy is a relationship, not a profession.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

When you follow your heart you allow miraculous possibilities to unfold.

There's never been a presidency that's done so much in such a short period of time, and we haven't even started the big work yet.

Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,' Dumbledore went on, smiling.

He's an old good fighter, he's an intelligent fighter but I wouldn't say he's the best I've ever fought.

Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend.

I've seen the future and it's murder.

Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state.

I really started acting when I was 12 when I was doing this television show called 'Jack & Bobby.'

I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.