“Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to b...” — Patricia Ireland Quote

“Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.”

“In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.”

“I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.”

“Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.”

“Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.”

“My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.”

“Most go to prison not on account of their irreducible uniqueness as people but because they are part of a marginalized sector of the population who never had a chance, who were slated for it early on.”

“We played 63 games in the treble-winning season of 1999, and I cannot remember feeling tired once. We won the league title with the last game of the season, and along the way, we knew that in any game we could miss out on this chance of a lifetime to win all three. We had 22 players who were ready to be called on at any moment.”

“From my point of view, I always want to fight until the end of my last chance.”

“Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.”

“I think few people in their lifetime have the chance to be involved in something like the creation of Microsoft - that's always going to be something I'm known for.”

“Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?' I said, 'I'm pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,' and he said, 'Have you thought about being an actor?'”