Cokie Roberts famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Prayer #School #Long
The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Divorce #Gay #People
There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be my age and not have had a long-term marriage. Remember, sustaining a pleasurable, long-term marriage takes effort, deliberateness and an intention to learn about one another. In other words, marriage is for grown-ups.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Marriage #Hate #Long
I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Mean #Voice #Radio
Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Strong Women #Thinking #Looks
Times do keep changing - thank God.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Thank God
Women rely on friends. ... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Safety #Laughing #Needs
No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Matter #Nurturing
I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Children #Motherhood #Realizing
You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It is important for young women to have preventive care. If you catch any women's cancers early it's the difference between life and death. Do you really want to leave your kids without a mother?
-- Cokie Roberts

#Mother #Cancer #Kids
But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Niece #Men #Long
Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.
-- Cokie Roberts

#Men #Names #Soldier

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