Rosie O'Donnell

“It's the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you're able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.”

“I couldn't imagine doing a show where I'd once again have to answer to corporate interests.”

“We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.”

“You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through life afraid of anyone who thinks different than you and trying to convert them to your way of thinking.”

“I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.”

“I don't think you choose whether or not you're gay.”

“I'd always admired writers. I'd always loved words on a page. Somehow, words seemed to bypass image and get straight to the heart of things. Somehow, words seemed big enough to contain pain, and sentences could pull broken bits together.”

“I think the actions of the president are, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting president. I am stunned and I'm horrified.”

“Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers.”

“I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.”

“I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me.”

“The gray has gone away. I am living in bright Technicolor.”

“It takes a lot to become a foster parent.”

“I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.”

“Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eternity. You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.”

“I want the same standard applied to homosexuals as is applied to heterosexuals.”

“I don't like to go to premieres or openings. I don't like to have to put on makeup.”

“I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.”

“I don't want only a career.”

“We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.”