I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years

Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings and sell it on the world market

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable.

Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay.

Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs

In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services

Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China

One of the things that most people aren't aware of when they think of the Civil War is the number of people and associated animals. (Armies) weren't mechanized. They had to rely on horses and mules.

An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.

I am as you say a "skeleton" and i have been for quite a while

If you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow.

If all is happening perfectly then all that we are feeling is also perfect, which means if there is something happening that feels like it needs to be changed, then change it.

Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it.

I have to hope that my instincts will do the right thing, because I can't erase what I have done. And if I drew something first, then my paintings would be illustrations of drawings.

[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.

The king is a strong piece - use it !

He soon recognized the fact that the stimulus proceeded from the idea to be in the power of a woman rather than from the act of violence itself.

A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.

As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production.