So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

In 1965, I marched for equality.

And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

It is better to give your path to a dog than to be bitten by him, contesting for the right.

Seek Knowledge, Protect Knowledge, Share Knowledge.

I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.

'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing.

Courageous leadership is not fearless leadership. What makes you a leader is how you deal with your fears.

This is what it is to live in the world. You have to give yourself over to the cold, at least a little bit.

There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

do not like this taste for adventure you have developed, sister.” “I am afraid I cannot guarantee I shall be rid of it anytime soon.

The president has said Republicans want dirty air and dirty water.