GERALDINE FERRARO

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

I do believe in the power of prayer.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service.

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.

See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it!

I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.

I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.