National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to read more

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services

I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked read more

I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked with him personally, and then with his agent.

It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989—it's that the area experiencing intense read more

It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989—it's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .

I would've been back immediately if they had allowed somebody in my family to take my children. That day.

I would've been back immediately if they had allowed somebody in my family to take my children. That day.

We don't mind being a little bit lower and a little underestimated. It presents a different challenge. It motivates us read more

We don't mind being a little bit lower and a little underestimated. It presents a different challenge. It motivates us to step up. Our backs are against the wall right now. We want people to think we aren't as good as last year that way we can come out and show them who we really are.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I like Whistler's reference to music, the titles of his works and his conventional use of color.

I like Whistler's reference to music, the titles of his works and his conventional use of color.

These are people who are choosing between food or paying the rent, people who are choosing between food and buying read more

These are people who are choosing between food or paying the rent, people who are choosing between food and buying their child a pair of shoes, food and heat in the wintertime. They?re seniors who are choosing whether to buy food or pay for medicine. Folks are going entire days without anything to eat at all. They are literally going to bed hungry.

I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach read more

I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach has said, 'Take something away from each race and put it in your toolbox.' By the Olympic race, the toolbox should be overflowing and it is getting there right now.