Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don’t really think about it.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what’s happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

Everybody loves you when you’re six foot in the ground.

We can’t afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

A man without a vote is man without protection.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

There’s Madeleine, and then there’s ‚Madeleine Albright‘. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become ‚Madeleine Albright‘ it doesn’t go away.

When I ask OGs why there’s so much division in the streets, nobody never really knows. But you know one thing that everybody always mention? A woman.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Before all else, be armed.

I felt like, for so many years – and I still even feel it – as a girl, you can’t really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

The battle for women’s rights has been largely won.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!

I’m not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself – then they get to say ‚See, you did it yourself.‘

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.

I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

I love women with attitude.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears – I appreciate the details.

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

I don’t even know how to speak up for myself, because I don’t really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

Today, writers want to impress other writers.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.