"Politics exist in the boardroom, as well."

"Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future."

"Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account."

"Don't think of yourself as a woman in business."

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."

"To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives."

"Humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."