Because as much as the world loves you one minute, it can be way down on you the next. — Alyssa Mastromonaco Love Copy Share Image
I think you can't dip your toe in and dip your toe out. I think either you're in it or you're not. — Alyssa Mastromonaco Think Copy Share Image
Find someone who you really believe in - that can be at a state level. The one thing I can encourage women… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Believe Copy Share Image
I'd love to say "Donald Trump is just sexist." And I do believe he's sexist, but I also believe that he also… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Believe Copy Share Image
Is there a reason there's not a tampon dispenser in the West Wing basement?" And it was like, "No." Nobody had really… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Ask questions Copy Share Image
“I thought it wouldn’t work, but I didn’t know it wouldn’t work, so I didn’t say anything. That might be the difference… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Men and women Copy Share Image
I don't think that Donald Trump treated Hillary any differently than he treated Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. He is a deeply… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Disrespectful Copy Share Image
“What you realize is that everyone has her own priorities—her own constituency. Often, being a leader is not about making grand proclamations… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Leader Copy Share Image
The thing that I think is so depressing, fundamentally, about Donald Trump, is that he doesn't appreciate what's happening right now. He… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Appreciate Copy Share Image
“If you do it responsibly, quitting something that isn’t benefiting you—whether it’s dance classes that “everyone is taking” or a soul-sucking job… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Change Copy Share Image
“Part of knowing how to be prepared comes from being self-aware—being able to anticipate what you’ll need (or screw up) and planning… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Leadership Copy Share Image
“When the White House got news of the disaster, POTUS coordinated a relief effort pretty much immediately. According to the ticktock, the… — Alyssa Mastromonaco White house Copy Share Image
I think that if you look at all of the books that have ever been written about people working in the White… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Book Copy Share Image
I wanted young women to know that I was very lucky that I worked for people who literally let me be me.… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Being yourself Copy Share Image
“There are certain lesson you pick up gradually as you go, letting them accumulate after a series of similar mistakes or experiences… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Failure Copy Share Image
I would encourage young women to find a person, give it your all, and leave it all on the field. The one… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Giving Copy Share Image
“course: If I am never good at anything else, I know I am good at this.” — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
“presidency, and that’s all that mattered. The next day” — Alyssa Mastromonaco Mattered Copy Share Image
“Never brag about your ability to type. It will never get you anywhere you really want to” — Alyssa Mastromonaco Ability Copy Share Image
“I once tried to impress him by telling him about the time my friends and I had climbed on Newt Gingrich's car.… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Bernie sanders Copy Share Image
“Jobs like this—the kind of job of which there are many, the kind that are definitely good but that no one teaches… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Career Copy Share Image
I would say that Barack Obama not only made me a better person but made me better at my job. He's one… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Barack Copy Share Image
“That might be the difference between men and women: Women need to know they are right before they stand up. Men are… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Feminism Copy Share Image
If you look at Obama - I think that what you saw during those eight years, and in those last few weeks,… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Appreciate Copy Share Image
When you travel with the president, especially when you are traveling to foreign countries, the people that you travel with really become… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Country Copy Share Image
“Larry (Summers - director of the National Economic Council) taught me two very important lessons. The first: Never judge a book by… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Book Copy Share Image
“You should always be prepared to defend your choices, whether just to yourself (sometimes this is the hardest) or to your coworkers,… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Choice Copy Share Image
President Obama really just let all of us genuinely be who we were and didn't expect — I'm goofy. And so for… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Different Copy Share Image
I didn't have a ton of role models back in 1998. So, when I was looking to get in, it was really… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Behavior Copy Share Image
I think the best conversation to have been able to eavesdrop on was the one the minute after it was called that… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Communication Copy Share Image
When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Animal Copy Share Image
“I have learned a lot about myself over the years, mostly because I was open to hearing feedback. I wear my emotions… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Emotional intelligence Copy Share Image
“Whatever anyone tells you about how technology and social media have made us disconnected from reality is probably right, but I think… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Awareness Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter who came to talk to me,' he said (Barack Obama). He went on to say that I needed to… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Good advice Copy Share Image
I saw Obama's thought process behind the few moments of free time he had and how he used them. So, I knew… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Call me Copy Share Image
When I had been dating my husband for a while, the president Obama said to me, "When is he going to put… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Busy Copy Share Image
