Thinking Quotes by Madeleine Albright

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

— Madeleine Albright

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry.

— Madeleine Albright

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.

— Madeleine Albright

I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that,…

— Madeleine Albright

I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people…

— Madeleine Albright

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one…

— Madeleine Albright

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort,…

— Madeleine Albright

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright'…

— Madeleine Albright

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I…

— Madeleine Albright

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very…

— Madeleine Albright

Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.

— Madeleine Albright

I do think that she [Hillary Clinton] will prove that she's the best, whether she's in the White House or somewhere else.…

— Madeleine Albright

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people…

— Madeleine Albright

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the…

— Madeleine Albright

I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense,…

— Madeleine Albright

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily…

— Madeleine Albright

People didn't think that a woman could be the Secretary of State, when my name was out there...but then the Arab Ambassadors…

— Madeleine Albright

The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and…

— Madeleine Albright

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it…

— Madeleine Albright

We are very hip on the fact that America's always No. 1. On this we are not, in terms of the number…

— Madeleine Albright

You can't just think that you will get a job for no good reason... And I think that the other part is…

— Madeleine Albright

I went to a girls high school and I went to a women's college and when I first started teaching at Georgetown…

— Madeleine Albright

But I think there are some who believe they are actually protecting women, you know, and that it is better for women…

— Madeleine Albright

I got married three days after graduation, and the first thing I did what I was expected to do which was to…

— Madeleine Albright

You [young people] all are just much more internationally-minded and traveled and knowledgeable in languages than any other previous generation. So many…

— Madeleine Albright

I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think…

— Madeleine Albright

John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary…

— Madeleine Albright

I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.

— Madeleine Albright

I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people.

— Madeleine Albright

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in…

— Madeleine Albright

Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be…

— Madeleine Albright

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in…

— Madeleine Albright

The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think…

— Madeleine Albright

I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].

— Madeleine Albright

I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that…

— Madeleine Albright

I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it…

— Madeleine Albright

No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and…

— Madeleine Albright

I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that…

— Madeleine Albright

I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its…

— Madeleine Albright

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring…

— Madeleine Albright