"People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn't hitch at least one or two of his wagons to a star never gets very high up. Get your eyes off the ground. Look ahead."

"Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances."

"It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone."

"The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years."

"Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right."

"Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters."

"If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?"

"I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children."