We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments.

Inclusion and fairness in the workplace . . . is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do.

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action.

The fact of the matter is, this is a very dynamic economy we have, and in this dynamic economy, you have a lot of job gains, but you also have job loss.

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.

Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy.

Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do.

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together

This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.

I liked human beings, but I did not love human nature.

The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin.

True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.

...the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love.

It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.

No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you.

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.