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.

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.

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.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

I will rather work without being paid to fulfill my divine purpose.

A small metal marble pinballs within my chest, banging and clanging against all the routes inside me.

...photography repeats itself unconsciously and unavoidably, producing stereotypes that then are repeated ad infinitum.

The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

Only baptize them if you truly believe these people are ready, taking a little more time if necessary so the Holy Ghost can strengthen them a little more.

The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about were devout Christians.