There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

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.

Don't kill the Genius in you by doubting your abilities to create impact in the world.

In the solitude of meditation, when your conscious mind becomes quiet, your subconscious reveals herself.

I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.

Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man.

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.

Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.