Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.

I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships.

It's always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you're seeing the most beautiful thing on God's Earth.

What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.

Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job.

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.