Lauren Bush

“My belief is that people are innately good and innately do want to help their fellow man.”

“In contemplating what to do with my life, I felt like I had two possible paths: one was to move to New York and work in a design house; the other was to move to Africa and deliver food aid. That's when the idea of the FEED bag came to me. It's for those who want to put their consumer dollars to good use.”

“Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?”

“My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms.”

“I think age is neither an asset nor challenge; it all depends on how you present yourself. Age is sort of irrelevant.”

“It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.”

“Maybe I've had a sheltered life and career, but I have so many role models to look up to. It's normal that I would strive to build my own career.”

“What interests me is seeing a problem and doing something about it, not all of the stuff around it.”

“To be successful, you don't have to have all this crazy start-up capital or a ton of knowledge. I think it's actually helpful sometimes to not know all the rules because that way it's easier to break them.”

“The most important thing you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with smart people who know a lot more than you do in certain realms.”

“College was a wonderful time to really explore my interests. I ended up writing my senior thesis about gender inequality in the developing world.”

“I mean, I would never want to do anything to hurt my family, but then again I would never want to do anything to hurt myself. And I think they go hand in hand.”

“That was kind of scary. You got the sense as a little kid that you might be at risk now, and then you're like, 'Why are we at risk? It's because my grandfather is in charge of all of this.' You can't really realize the magnitude of a job like that when you are eight.”

“We don't need to cure hunger - we know how to solve hunger - it's food, it's nutrition, and it's really a question of access.”

“I think most people realize that Barbara and Jenna are college kids, and to make such a big deal out of it is a bit ridiculous. At least now, the press has stopped.”