A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid. Mika Brzezinski More Quotes by Mika Brzezinski More Quotes From Mika Brzezinski Watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable. I have experienced insults about my appearance from the president. All women have a duty to unite when these attacks happen and the WHCA owes Sarah an apology. Mika Brzezinski latest-headlines Sarah Huckabee Sanders, good luck today in the briefing. Don’t lie. And do not defend the President of the United States for what he did. If you do… you should resign, but everybody else, working around the president, if your day is not consumed by getting him to take down that tweet, please leave. You are worth nothing. Mika Brzezinski entertainment Ivanka, you stepped in there to talk for women. To speak for women, to have a platform for women. Where are you today? sarah Huckabee Sanders, today is your day… to say the president is a sexist. Mika Brzezinski entertainment We’ve never really talked about the woman who first came out against Al Franken… Playboy model who goes on ‘Hannity,’ voted for Trump. Mika Brzezinski entertainment Why don’t you go back, and get your Juicy Juice and go back in your basement and play with your Legos and actually read up on a little history before you start talking about how Mika’s doing this because… she’s defending Al Franken? Mika Brzezinski entertainment I’m concerned about women, who are legitimately sexually harassed in the workplace across America, and where this is taking us. Mika Brzezinski entertainment This is Kellyanne Conway talking about microwaves. Mika Brzezinski politics I consider my girls the greatest gift from God in life. And I also love the career that I have built, lost and rebuilt. But the highs and lows of my career would not have been as exciting or manageable to me if I didn't have children and a partner for life with whom to share it all. Mika Brzezinski me god love life I always start my day with a red-eye misto - two shots, extra hot, extra foam - from Starbucks. Mika Brzezinski day start always hot I remember an interview so terrible with CNN's Jon Klein, I nearly blurted out, 'Forget it, I am a loser!' But I didn't need to say it. My face and posture did. Mika Brzezinski face i-am forget remember I was terrible at interviews, lost in my own loss of identity and struggling at home as a wife and mother. It was a household that preferred me working, which threw me off completely. Mika Brzezinski me wife mother home I am up at 3:30, reading the op-ed pages and getting ready to be on the air by 6 A.M. on the set of 'Morning Joe,' and after three hours of TV and two hours on the radio, it is only 12 noon. Mika Brzezinski i-am three reading morning I desperately miss my girls when I am working, and I often feel guilty, but also feel the journey I am on is for them too. When I am on my 16th hour of a day and can barely keep my eyes open, they drive me forward. Mika Brzezinski eyes day me journey For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem, things get even more difficult for a working mom after the second and third baby arrive. By that time, the romance of being a modern 'superwoman' wears off and reality sets in. Mika Brzezinski women mom work time For me, having it all doesn't mean having the corner office at work and a penthouse at home if there aren't kids running around as I'm trying to cook my husband something special. Mika Brzezinski me husband work home Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon. Mika Brzezinski face women challenges success Don't push away that chance if you're one of the lucky ones who find that partner. And remember, you can always change a job. I hear it's much harder to switch out a husband. Mika Brzezinski partner job you change You can’t just like criticize everything. Mika Brzezinski You can keep tweeting about Morning Joe, but you're just hurting other people. Mika Brzezinski