I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.

Critics play a dangerous game when they denounce the science and law EPA has used to defend clean air for more than 40 years. The American people know better.

The climate change is real today, but also the solutions that we have available to us that are cost-effective and beneficial to everyone are at our disposal now.

Climate change is the greatest threat of our time.

But I will tell you that I didn't go to Washington to sit around and wait for Congressional action. Never done that before, and don't plan to in the future.

Greenhouse gas pollution, through its contribution to global climate change, presents a significant threat to Americans health and to the environment upon which our economy and security depends.

I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.

I definitely challenge people. But hopefully, I am working harder than anybody else, and so people won't resent the fact that I want them to work hard, as well.

When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards.

States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

There is no threshold level of fine particle pollution below which health risk reductions are not achieved by reduced exposure.

After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.

Signal transduction science recognizes that the fate and behavior of an organism is directly linked to its perception of the environment.

We agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability.

I don't want a Jennifer Lopez wedding or anything like that. A commitment ceremony would be a nice thing to do.

We gotta be willing to seek direction ... we've gotta be willing to look within.

If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.

The face and the actor is great, but if you were to start out and you said, "my name is Humphrey" somebody would punch you out, because that's a stupid name to have.

And Kate Hepburn-God, she's beautiful, God, she plays golf well, God, she can get anyone in the world on the phone, God, she knows what to do all the time, God, she wears clothes well.

The Jews will become socialist colonisers with strong fists and sharp teeth, a strong national group within the Soviet family of nations.

Just because you want something to be true doesn’t make it that way.” -The Host