Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

I bought ... the pins with my three daughters in mind; the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port.

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

We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.