What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

The things that frighten us most are those that remind us of our fragile existence

Trophy hunters are like politicians, they both like to pull the trigger from the comfort of a safe distance.

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame resilience than you do.

I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.

He actually caught himself saying things like "Yippee," as he pranced ridiculously round the house.

When you make the connection between your choices and your experiences, you do not have to create the same experiences again.

When art wins, everyone wins.

We have something more reliable than a poll that changes everyday.

I’m still very much a kid inside myself.

A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of human life and discover its meaning, even if the goal is never fully realized.