It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient
God made all pleasures innocent.
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?
A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.
I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights. I have only wrongs.
Perhaps there will come a time when. . . an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood. . . and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.
A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thoughtwhat on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.
My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.
I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything.
I'm very interested in starting to produce, and direct, and have an umbrella over an entire project in the future. I'd like to have control over what the characters do. I think as an actor, you get a little too caught up in the moment-to-moment, beat-to-beat stuff to have perspective.
To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war. . . I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.