You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the “my way or the highway” approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

There's nobody who's had a resume like [Hillary Clinton] that's run for president.