I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

If somebody's hacking you, you don't want them to know that you know. You want to find out what they're doing, how they're doing it, and then you'll let them know you know.

President Obama came up with tremendous ideas, but he was blocked by the Republicans.

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.

I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'

My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.