"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service."

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."

"I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer."

"My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little."

"When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access."

"The best way to lose a job is just not to care. When you do not care, it shows in everything you do."