I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.