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" If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue. "

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" Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline. "

" It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can. "

" We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion. "

" I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work. "

" I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day. "

" I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous. "

" I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly. "

Black And White

" Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times. "

" The two things that I require for anyone who's around me: you need to love food, and you need to be able to laugh. "

" The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact. "

Black And White

" It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago. "

" I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down. "

Independent Woman

" Al Roker is one of the most sensible people you'll ever meet. He's raised two daughters and a son. And I love him, in that as jovial as he is, he's a straight shooter. He's a New Yorker, as they say. "

" I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with. "

" I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows. "

" So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.' Well, yes I am. From where I've come from and my family and what I see as real struggles in day to day life, through my reporting. I'm never going to look at challenges. "

" When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy. "

" I'm about being honest and knowing that people are watching, and they want to know that I'm asking questions that they want the answers to. "

" My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters. "

" Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers. "

" We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges. "

" I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back. "

" The biggest compliment I get is when someone tells me, 'You're so real.' Even if my journey isn't exactly like theirs. "

" I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able to conceive, I just hope that I'm able to give someone as beautiful a life as my parents gave me. "

" One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party. "

" Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other. "

" You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother. "

" I have an incredible phobia of divorce. "

" I laugh about it all the time, but, for whatever reason, a lot of people think that I wear a wig. I get emails and tweets about people commenting on my hair being a wig. It's one of the strangest but most entertaining things I've read about myself online. "

" When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing. "