The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.

Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.

Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.

When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.

Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. After growing up on a dairy farm, everything in life seemed easy

In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

Emptiness is like air. It floats around unseen but you know it's there.

After a year of therapy my psychiatrist said to me "Maybe life isn't for everyone."

We get to choose how we're going to live - what level of energy, what level of vibrancy, what level of excitement.

In America, we are living in a country where the deep economic problems have not been solved and arguably, in many cases, haven't been addressed.

I like that when you create you really do create with a very small group of people, and in that space, before it goes out to all these people, that's what I love.

When you're looking to meet someone...you're looking to settle.

President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right.

I ask you to write this deeply into your souls . . . the materialistic culture . . . is now on the way to its close.

The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.

The chaotic situation in Libya is definitely creating a threat. Libya now connects the jihadists in Africa with those in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. This could have been avoided.