jewels have played a colorful part in the evolution of world affairs. Because precious stones tend to inspire both admiration and greed, leaders have found convenient excuses for seeking them and have used them to impress crowds, reward friends, deprive foes, forge alliances, and justify war. Jewels may find their highest expression in the decorative arts, but they have also earned a place in the art of the possible.

Often if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'.

Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.

The cover-up, more than the initial wrongdoing, is what is most likely to bring you down.

Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.