But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.

Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.