Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

Our predecessors understood that the ties that bind America are far stronger than disagreements over any particular policy and far more durable and profound than any party affiliation.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

To put it mildly, the world is a mess.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

Leaders move among the various stages each day. But effective leaders move among the right stages at the right times.

Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to race tracks at the age of two and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.

The light that lies In woman's eyes.

It's about you, giving yourself permission to be who you are, without giving a rip about what anybody else is thinking about it.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

In the hierarchy of the family, I'm just above the dog. But I like it that way.

Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.