Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. 'Spare me the grim litany of the 'realist;' give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.

Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that I never entered it.

I'm going to be bringing people into the public diplomacy function of the department who are going to change from just selling us in the old USIA way to really branding foreign policy, branding the department, marketing the department, marketing American values to the world and not just putting out pamphlets.

Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!

People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people