Get a life. A real life. Not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

I think we now know the limits also of intelligence and rhetoric.

When you look at the women that have made a real difference in the world throughout history, what they’ve done has almost always been defined by fearlessness. That’s something I came to at a certain point; I wish I’d come to it younger. Stop looking over your shoulder — there’s nobody who matters back there.

Sometimes we don't see out of our peripheral vision what's coming right around the corner.

the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government.

There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance

Hospitals are a little like the beach. The next wave comes in, and the footprints of your pain and suffering, your delivery and recovery, are obliterated.