People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.

One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'