If you can't bear it, dare it.

For books are more than books, they are the lifeThe very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived and worked and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives.

Dreams of changing the world could only be realized by properly investing time into learning.

If we cannot now end our differences at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me, and now I'm dozens ahead of myself!

A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.

You are able to create an environment so that the creative process can take place and that you can get people to perform at their highest levels.

I don't want to be Sheryl Sandberg and 'Lean In', I don't want to lean in like a guy. I want to be more. I want to be a woman and proudly a woman.

When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her