Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid. ' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
Foreign policy is now a huge field. It isn't just people who are studying political science. There are so many aspects to it in terms of understanding hard science for people who are studying climate change, or people who are interested in health policy or food security, or people who care about education.
There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.
To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
I think that it will be the mobile technologies, both from the enterprise and the consumer side, where super unicorns will come from. I still believe that social networking in combination with mobile will create opportunities for super unicorns.
[Epitaph:] Involved in a plot.
There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world.
If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or ner The two hit it off as they should The good are so harsh to the clever The clever so rude to the good!