The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.

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.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.

You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.