"The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House."

"I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair."

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

"American politics is always an open competition."

"One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."