In Wisconsin, We're at the forefront of research that might one day bring cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers, and we must seize its great potential.

I do not understand how anyone can, in good conscience, tell a family whose child is suffering from a life-threatening disease that politics is more important than finding a cure.

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

I don't think Wisconsin should become known as a state where we shoot cats.

With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.

Going forward, my mind will be open to every solution - except one. We should not - we must not - and I will not - raise taxes.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

When the owl sings, the night is silent. (Quand le hibou chante, La nuit est silence)

Deliver me from my disciples!

Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.

I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.

Committees do harm merely by existing.

Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it.

Whether something 'has color' or not is as hard to define verbally as are such questions as, 'What is music?' or 'What is musical?

The circumstances of our lives actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.

"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.