If intelligence were a television set, it would be an early black-and-white model with poor reception, so that much of the picture was gray and the figures on the screen were snowy and indistinct. You could fiddle with the knobs all you wanted, but unless you were careful, what you would see often depended more on what you expected or hoped to see than on what was really there.

Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.