Of my two `handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.