It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

Our predecessors understood that the ties that bind America are far stronger than disagreements over any particular policy and far more durable and profound than any party affiliation.

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

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

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

To put it mildly, the world is a mess.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

Just look for a strong beginning and a strong ending and get moving.

It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do?

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.

I have no problem at all taking my shirt off to tell a story.

Maintain your physical, emotional, and spiritual harmony with the universe by meditating every day. Inhale the precious breath of life. It is your connection to your Higher power.

Culture (science) is the form of religion; Religion is the substance of culture (science).

I do believe in choice, the freedom of choice and carving out your own happiness.

In point of fact I was a perfectly devoted and dutiful little Catholic—until the day I learned that animals have no souls.

I have several portraits of Jigoro Kano and a bust too, a very beautiful one.