Quotes By Chelsea Clinton

I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at least, Marc and I hope to have someday.

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.

I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.

I think about how best to live my grandmother's twin mantras that 'Life is not a dress rehearsal' and 'Life is not about what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.'

Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling.

For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.

My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.

Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans - people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.

My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their ideas for how to build a more equal and prosperous country. I always felt part of their call to serve and part of my father's journey.

I know I'm late, but I've finally joined Facebook!

When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.

I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.

For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.

The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived at home. The hopes he had for his family and for me, he had for all Americans. I think Americans understood this.

I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press. Even though I think you're cute.

People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me.

My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.

Oxford is wonderful. I'm having a great time. We do go out, but I still try to spend most of my time studying in the library.

Through their 'Making a Difference' franchise, I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility.

I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'

What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.

I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.