Miscellaneous

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency ) was put under Homeland Security read more

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency ) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.

It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have read more

It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.

In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things read more

In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things the right way and take the time to do it right.

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and read more

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.

In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things read more

In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things the right way and take the time to do it right,'

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't read more

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have read more

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to read more

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.