O'Donnell: "I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother."

O'Donnell: "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."

O'Donnell: "I couldn't imagine doing a show where I'd once again have to answer to corporate interests."

O'Donnell: "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."

O'Donnell: "I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness."

O'Donnell: "I think that once you open the door and allow people in on a certain aspect, it's very hard to then control how far that ripple effect is. So I think that the person who is known or famous has the ability to decide what they do or don't want to share."

O'Donnell: "We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it."

O'Donnell: "There are some heterosexuals that have heterosexual behavior that is appalling sexually, that is deviant and bad and not really moral and Christ-like and biblical. But those people are never questioned as to whether or not they're allowed to be a parent."

O'Donnell: "We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation."

O'Donnell: "I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco."

O'Donnell: "I don't think you choose whether or not you're gay."

O'Donnell: "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."

O'Donnell: "I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again."

O'Donnell: "I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my children on TV for six years. They know what kind of parent I am."

O'Donnell: "I think life is easier if you're straight."