Im probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born. – Mary Cheney
It wasnt a secret that I was gay. Id come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car. – Mary Cheney
It wont take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate. – Mary Cheney
I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. – Mary Cheney
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede