Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

We have to be careful of not injecting more uncertainty than economy can handle

We are taking a greater chance of having another crash at a time when the world is less capable of bearing the cost.

We have very stable, solid economy; we are going through challenging times.

Our actions will be at measured pace given the current market turmoil.

Anyone who develop his talent and or gifts will become an essential commodity.

But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.

Okay everybody, line up in alphabetical order according to your height.

People often ask me how I keep my priorities straight in life and I tell them that it is done by constantly straightening them out!

Detroit was really fun, FYI, in case anybody wants to go to Detroit. I love it. I did.

Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.

Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val

I remember feeling the temperature change the first time the curtain came up, the difference between the audience temperature and the stage temperature. I'll never forget it.

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.