No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system, is foremost on the President's mind.

FACT: Nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans.

The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

A new era of responsibility is here.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.

My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.

Now, go get inspired!

Peter and Jessie were like Romeo and Juliet. Have you ever seen that old movie? Starring Leonardo Dicaprio?

I'm as far away from technology as possible. But I like to be as present as possible.

It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon.

At no time, anywhere, was the population of a country told the truth: facts about events trickled into general consciousness much later, if ever.

One trouble with growing old is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure, who didn't amount to much when he was your age.

A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

These are planes of consciousness, and I think human beings exist on two planes of consciousness, the soul and the ego.

There would be a lot more optimists if it weren't for the rise-and-shine requierement.

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.