"Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries."

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

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

“By unseen hands uplifted in the light Of sunset, yonder solitary cloud Floats, with its white apparel blown abroad, And wafted up to heaven.”

“Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.”

Source : Jaclyn Smith (1986). “The American look”, Fireside

“If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.”

“Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.”

“[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.”

“We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.”