"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

"So,I want the people of this region to know that my administration is going to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to deal with this disaster."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"He possesses a quality that I value in all my advisors: a willingness to tell leaders what we need to know, even if it is not what we want to hear."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"Every single casualty affects people,it affects leaders, but more importantly, it affects families, it affects children, it affects parents,spouses, so each one of them is sacred and I think we all know that."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

"I would say that it is my crisis training in the airline industry that helped me know at that moment when you feel emotionally paralyzed what to do and how to start communicating that sad news."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

"I know some people will regard that as peculiar for a digital device but it is, it's more like an album launch or a film premiere because the device is not just something for nerds, it has a cultural meaning too."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

(Sound From "The Twilight Saga: New Moon") "Bella is so sure all the time and this is the one movie where she actually is baffled and totally, like,'I don't know,'" " It is weird to play Bella like that because she is so not like that."

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

"What I would like for the country and everybody to know is that with the age of the computer, it takes time for us to try to keep up with the computer but if some people would start writing again, and sending their bills by mail, maybe it could ease a little of the burden as far as the financial difficulties that we are in."

VOA: standard.2010.04.13