Cokie Roberts Professions : Journalist Born : December 27, 1943 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Cokie Roberts As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school. Cokie Roberts prayer math school A lot of women have come to understand that you can't just show up and say I'm unhappy, you have to then go out and do something. Cokie Roberts unhappy shows 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 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 cancer mother kids 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 realizing motherhood children 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 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 soldier names men There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be Cokie Roberts marriage hate long You know, others keep saying that there are too many candidates in the race, and once it gets down to a two-person race that Trump can't get above that 30 to 35 percent that he's gotten both in the polling and in the elections and that the others will start pulling out that 65 the 70 percent not voting for Tromp. But there's absolutely no evidence that all of that vote will go to another candidate. Cokie Roberts voting race two Times do keep changing - thank God. Cokie Roberts thank-god I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong. Cokie Roberts als boys children Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood. Cokie Roberts civics way No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing. Cokie Roberts nurturing no-matter-what matter 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 looks thinking I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice. Cokie Roberts radio voice mean 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 I don't just see this role of women as caretakers in the world that I cover, I see it in the world I live in, slowly, slowly, slowly but definitely, the workplace is becoming a more humane place because of the presence of women. Cokie Roberts people For people who voted for him, and thought he could be transformative, that is the central question. Cokie Roberts politics I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom. Cokie Roberts flowers good think you Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors
