You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.

I have been tested. My faith has been tested. I have battled breast cancer. I have buried a child. Through it all, the love of my family and my personal relationship with Jesus Christ has seen me through. And on this journey my family and my faith will see me through as well. I will not falter, and I will not shrink from this fight.

So what will define greatness for your generation? I believe it is to use the knowledge that you have earned here to find ways, not only to connect to computers, but to connect to people; not only to bridge gaps in science, but to bridge gaps between cultures; not only to use numbers and formulas to create, but to use words to lead, and in the process, to close that canyon between ignorance and understanding.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.

If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.