"It is a common fate -- a woman's lot -- To waste on one the riches of her soul, Who takes the wealth she gives him, but cannot Repay the interest, and much less the whole."

“Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.”

“The world is still very bigoted.”

Source : "Katherine Heigl positively glows". Interview with Dan MacMedan, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 20, 2007.

“Outside the practice of science itself, scientists have sometimes been the greatest offenders in adhering to dogmatic ideas against all the evidence.”

“I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.”

“The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.”

“You don't see your own face, your own beauty Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.......... .”

“I want to start a trend of women as we really look. Some good things, some not so good. I am tired of looking at frozen faces.”

Source : "Book World: Debra Winger on 'Undiscovered'". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2008.

“The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.”