Congressionally Mandated Quotes

#1. People who work for me know that they have a lot of autonomy. I like to know what's going on, and I'll offer my opinion, but I want people to feel that they can say to me, "That's great that you have that opinion, but, no, we're not going to do that."

Harry West

#2. Most of our teachers, knowing we had an extra day off, usually piled on the homework to make up for it.

V.C. Andrews

#3. It was remarkable to see from space how predictable people are. Our homes and towns are almost all in places with moderate temperatures, and they generally have the same shape - a thinly occupied outer blob of suburb surrounding a densely populated core, all based around a ready source of water.

Chris Hadfield

#4. Yes. Can you print these pictures and make sure the others have copies? Particularly Barry. He's Locator in Chief on this one." "I'll do it right now. I'm packing a Fujitsu ScanSnap. Great little on-the-go machine.

Stephen King

#5. Farming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation ... o f human beings!

Masanobu Fukuoka

#6. The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

Avicenna

#7. Let us keep our mouths shut and our pens dry until we know the facts.

Anton Julius Carlson

#8. Choice not chance dictates direction, and passion strengthens fortitude

Joshuah Buckle

#9. I think we're probably only about halfway through the number of revelations. I'm pretty certain there will be quite detailed stuff on other uses of covert surveillance. I suspect that emails will be the next scandal. And devices that track people moving around. That's just starting to come out.

Tom A. Watson

#10. Being in a state of grace is all very well, but I imagine even Joan of Arc had qualms when they lit the first brand.

Diana Gabaldon