John Lennon said life was what happened while you made other plans. So was death.

You can be your own boss

Rights and empowerment are interconnected: unless a substantial number of women in a community come to believe that they have rights and demand to exercise them, right remains an abstraction.

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it.

Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

Learn to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you.

I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.

Love is giving your kids your undivided attention and time

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.