After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

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.

Be persistent in the pursuit of your dreams.

he was home on his own and listening to the sort of music he needed to listen to when he felt like this, music that seemed to find the sore spot in him and press up hard against it...

Boredom is a powerful reason, and the prospect of fun is a powerful draw - especially when you are young.

Like a gardener I believe that what goes down must come up.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

Jesus cursed a living tree and it died; Mohammed blessed a dead tree and it lived.

All the child-star clichés. I've tried very hard to avoid them all.

Technology is for us. All of us. People who carry things.

Art amplifies voices on the margins-the views and opinions that power silences.