Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building.

Power has a social function.

An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls — even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls — without discovering sooner or later that they are still a prison

Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.'

[B]inary opposites fit nicely the formulation of history as written, but they do little to capture the messy, inchoate reality of history as lived.

Killing people was far easier than making polite chitchat.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

We in this House are role models. People all over the world watch us and study us. When we fall short, they lose hope. When we fail, they despair.

Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.

The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you...