The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

I have an awfully good life.

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.