Quotes from Dana Bash

John Sidney McCain III was as complex as they come.

To be sure, not all women are looking for a partner.

I was a freelancer at CNN during the second semester of my senior year at George Washington University.

For lots of reasons, including working crazy hours and having a job that required significant travel, I did not start trying to have a baby until I was in my late 30s. My experience is hardly unique. I am one of countless women who almost waited too long without realizing it.

I love covering politics at that early stage where you can walk up to Mike Huckabee, who gets out of his car by himself. A car that he drove, who just walks up and talks to you because that's the only way he can get his message out.

Learning things that are interesting and other people would find interesting is the biggest rush.

One of the benefits of being a woman is I don't have to put on a black suit. I could do it, but why do it if you don't have to?

When you report on Wall Street and health-care reform... what could be more relevant to people's lives?

To have or not to have kids, when to have them, and whether we working women can 'have it all' has been debated, discussed, and examined since the washing machine and the TV dinner began to free up many mothers to even consider leaving the home as a viable option.

Whether she planned it or not, the path that Pelosi took to the House is the one most women used to follow. Women raised their kids, and then they went into politics.

I am 5 feet 1 3/4 inches. Often when I meet people who have only seen me on TV they say, 'I always thought you were so much taller!'

For years Pelosi has been the ultimate Republican boogeyman - or boogeywoman, as it were. She's a frequent target of Republican ire for being too far to the left - and she's also a target among progressives for not being far left enough.

I covered the White House during the Bush years when Ari Fleischer, Scott McClellan and Dana Perino were at the podium. We thought those were, at times, crazy press briefings, asking questions about major events like the Iraq War and the leaking of Valerie Plame's name and the outing of her as a CIA operative.

Women, whatever their profession, tend to have a harder time feeling ready for a job, even though in most cases they are more than prepared.

In 1967, my mother - then Francie Weinman - graduated from Northwestern University with a degree from the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. But because she is a woman, the only television news job she could get in her hometown of Chicago was as a secretary at a network affiliate.

I'm old enough to remember when Republicans loved the CBO because it tells the conservatives the thing that matters most to them which is how much is it going to cost taxpayers.

I would never say, as a member of the press, that there should be fewer press briefings. The more access, the better, no matter who is there or what's going on.

My very first live shot was from the White House lawn. I literally almost threw up. I was so scared out of my mind. It was horrible.

I have been at CNN my entire career. When I first started, I raised my hand and volunteered for everything. It allowed me to get a wide range of experience and learn from the best - whether it was a cameraman or an anchorman.

Don't give up your life because balance is important, but when you're young you have energy, use it!

Listening is the most under rated part of my profession.

I have covered Pelosi for years, and always wondered how she learned to operate and excel in politics the way she does.

One of the things I love most about the Capitol Hill beat is that I have regular access to the lawmakers I cover.

One dress I love - for me, it's a little edgy - it's sleeveless. It's black and it's leather. I've worn it on TV.