“Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.”
Family
“A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.”
AttitudeAll Quotes by Elizabeth Edwards
“It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.”
Family“Maybe we all change over time.”
Change“A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.”
Hope“A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.”
Attitude“You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.”
Faith“I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.”
Family“I can't turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I'm sick to death of me.”
Death“I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.”
Marriage“We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.”
Family“I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.”
Poetry“I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.”
Marriage“I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.”
Morning“I grew up in a Navy family.”
Family“A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.”
Sad“What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.”
Hope“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”
Patience“I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me.”
Marriage“You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.”
Alone“One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.”
Politics