It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.

If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

Sanitation issues in the developing world affect women more than they affect men.

When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development

If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives and to give their families the best possible future.