Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.

The South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on.

In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times.

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

I call it people-to-people politics and thats what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what were going to do.

Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins.

... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.

Both of my parents have been actors there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.

Whenever domination is present, love is lacking.

Stories are flight simulators for our brains.

It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.

But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.

It's unbelievable I'm swimming so fast. I went in with no expectations. I just went out hoping to get a personal best. I went out there with a smile, just to have fun and see what would happen.

I mean, I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.