"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."

"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop."

"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."

"“If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”"

"Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens."

"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story."

"To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting."

"My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969."