Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.
BETSY DEVOS If the question is around gun violence and the results of that, please know that my heart bleeds and...
BETSY DEVOS They say that if you voted for Donald Trump, you're a threat to the university community. But th...
BETSY DEVOS The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously,...
BETSY DEVOS Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves acce...
BETSY DEVOS I'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support Special Olympics - an important program t...
BETSY DEVOS The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point big...
BETSY DEVOS I expect there will be more public charter schools.
BETSY DEVOS Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all th...
BETSY DEVOS The president has made good on a promise to ensure that the American people are not subject to overr...
BETSY DEVOS The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubt...
BETSY DEVOS I will not be deterred from my mission of helping kids in this country.
BETSY DEVOS If you don't live in an area with good public schools, you can move to a different place if you ...
BETSY DEVOS I look forward to talking about how we can work together to improve educational opportunities and ou...
BETSY DEVOS As a kid, I grew up middle class, but my father was a great innovator with an entrepreneurial spirit...
BETSY DEVOS I greatly appreciate being asked to be part of President-elect Trump's team and I will continue ...
BETSY DEVOS It is not fair to think that when students transit through a K-12 system that is not preparing them ...
BETSY DEVOS Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit t...
BETSY DEVOS Parents no longer believe that a one-size-fits-all model of learning meets the needs of every child....
BETSY DEVOS We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.
BETSY DEVOS It could be easy to get frustrated or discouraged when it comes to educating students with disabilit...
BETSY DEVOS If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.
BETSY DEVOS Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist wil...
BETSY DEVOS No child's dream should be limited by the quality, or lack thereof, of the education they receiv...
BETSY DEVOS Federal law must be followed where federal dollars are in play.
BETSY DEVOS I support accountability.
BETSY DEVOS All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.
BETSY DEVOS HBCUs are real pioneers when it comes to school choice. They are living proof that when more options...
BETSY DEVOS The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children&...
BETSY DEVOS I need to stress that I could not be more supportive of great teachers and great teaching, no matter...
BETSY DEVOS We'll be examining and auditing and reviewing all of the programs of the department and really f...
BETSY DEVOS Where conflicts are identified, they will be resolved.
BETSY DEVOS If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.
BETSY DEVOS If politicians in a state block education choice, it means those politicians do not support equal op...
BETSY DEVOS It shouldn't matter what type of school a student attends, so long as the school is the right fi...
BETSY DEVOS Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.
BETSY DEVOS Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public com...
BETSY DEVOS I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.
BETSY DEVOS Let me say, I fully embrace equality, and I believe in the innate value of every single human being ...
BETSY DEVOS You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.
BETSY DEVOS I have been hung in effigy by the gay community for a long time, from when I was on President Reagan...
RICHARD DEVOS The Single Business Tax isn't tax on business, it's a tax on people working everyday.
DICK DEVOS As a state, we have to engage the global marketplace. There is no alternative, no choice but to go o...
DICK DEVOS The era of governing by press release is over. Lansing needs strong leadership to change Michigan fo...
DICK DEVOS We simply cannot allow for it to continue to kill our jobs and, frankly, to move our kids out of sta...
DICK DEVOS The budget problem we can deal with, but let's get people in Michigan back to work. Having someone w...
DICK DEVOS The governor is a great speech maker and if speech making and high-flying rhetoric were things that ...
DICK DEVOS It does get very close to ethical concerns.
DICK DEVOS People are concerned about tomorrow and next week.
DICK DEVOS The first thing that we need in Michigan is jobs. That's why I'm running is to create jobs in this s...
DICK DEVOS Consistent with past practice, the governor will talk about an idea but it will be months before we ...
DICK DEVOS When you've lived as long I've lived, you see things from a bigger lens, and you try to shar...
RICHARD DEVOS The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the...
RICH DEVOS What's not fascinating about 'Wonder Woman?' She's powerful. She's strong. She g...
BETSY HODGES One of the best things about being an adult is the realization that you can share with your sister a...
BETSY COHEN There are some folks at the teacher's union who aren't big fans of mine, in part, because I ...
BETSY HODGES True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.
BETSY HODGES Done right, precision can help clarify, plus it's fun.
BETSY HODGES That large a group said 'yes' is somewhat telling.
BETSY METER Auto execs are grappling with the dynamics of increased competition, rising commodity and healthcare...
BETSY METER Automotive execs in our survey have been predicting market share advances by Asian brands for years ...
BETSY METER Automotive executives in our survey have been predicting market share advances by Asian brands for y...
BETSY METER The rise in gas prices due to Hurricane Katrina left a lasting impression on the minds of consumers.
BETSY METER The high cost of manufacturing is jeopardizing the business of manufacturing in the US. Domestic man...
BETSY METER In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash ...
BETSY BRANDT I'm a little obsessed with lip balm. When I go to a new place, I'll find the locally made na...
BETSY HODGES Rightly or wrongly, as a woman in politics, you're being judged for what you're wearing, and...
BETSY HODGES I'm very dogged when I believe in something. I'm also dark and twisty.
BETSY BEERS I think our cities' deteriorating infrastructure is a silent crisis.
BETSY HODGES There are times when creditors do not believe (victims) and require them to prove that it wasn't the...
BETSY BRODER Unfortunately, the number of recruits now assigned as principals is not impressive.
BETSY GOTBAUM People are beginning to realize with the tsunami and Katrina ... its a chance to put your faith into...
BETSY MURPHY Actors never get to see that aspect of the process, because [directors] always have you go in one at...
BETSY HEAD My mother's first career was physical therapy, her second was writer, and her third career was p...
BETSY HODGES Physical development fosters learning.
BETSY HODGES It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am...
BETSY PALMER I like to exercise in the morning before work. It puts me in a good mood, which makes my coworkers h...
BETSY BEERS For me, I need to be able to show up on set and fart around and goof around. If I can have that, whe...
BETSY BRANDT We are seeing some mixing of patterns but it's usually in small doses, as an accent here and there i...
BETSY THOMPSON When I think of the project, there was just an amazing amount of collaboration, among chemical manuf...
BETSY WEATHERHEAD You can tell the regard with which she's held because she continues to get the 'firsts' and rise to ...
BETSY WHITAKER The big question is, what role does climate change have in all of this?
BETSY WEATHERHEAD While there are regional differences, there is one common theme. Consumers worldwide are now on the ...
BETSY METER Automotive leaders are cognizant of the lasting impact of rising gas prices on the minds of consumer...
BETSY METER Asian consumers, particularly those in China, are viewed as the most important source of industry gr...
BETSY METER Expectations for the industry's future profitability around the world are low, even in China. Meetin...
BETSY METER The statue, however, when it was removed, revealed itself as a queen of Amenhotep III, whose name ap...
BETSY BRYAN The new data show that protons produce more potentially lethal double-strand breaks, a type of sever...
BETSY SUTHERLAND I have to believe it’s right to be a warm voice, a companion if I can be, as soon as ever I find a...
BETSY CORNWELL It takes more than wings to release one from the bonds of kinship.
BETSY TOBIN It allows us to get away from the hustle and bustle. But we only have an hour, so we have to get in ...
BETSY WILLIAMS Change is always good; it gives you a fresh start. I look forward to having them (new principals) wi...
BETSY WILLIAMS Buildings for government are always touchy. People are very mindful of how we spend are tax dollars.
BETSY WILLIAMS We will probably be doing a workshop with council soon, in the next few weeks. I'm hoping that we ha...
BETSY WILLIAMS You really need to know the property where you're at and know what's going on around it.
BETSY WILLIAMS Ivory was thought to very closely approximate human flesh. Like makeup you could put on a very thin ...
BETSY WIESEMAN We really wanted people to walk around and see the miniatures from front and back and really see the...
BETSY WIESEMAN Ivory has this waxy translucent quality that was felt to very closely approximate human flesh.
BETSY WIESEMAN There, the focus is on personal relationships.
BETSY WIESEMAN Almost everything in the buildings is being recycled, including the steel. You don't see that very o...
BETSY WHITAKER These are the kinds of things Harriet has dealt with during her entire career.
BETSY WHITAKER There are a lot of cases that deal with constitutional issues, but there are many more that don't.
BETSY WHITAKER Changing from one style of refrigerator to another is a smaller and easier change than changing the ...
BETSY WEATHERHEAD We will absolutely have to monitor for at least another decade before we can be confident.
BETSY WEATHERHEAD This illustrates not only the quality of the product, but also the stature of the Steamboat Grand an...
BETSY WALLACE The company has a magnificent group of resorts and real estate assets. We're interested in developme...
BETSY WALLACE It was where we wanted it to be, and in some cases above.
BETSY WALLACE Where once I prayed for forgiveness from a father God who held up huge palms and said “Thou shalt ...
BETSY CORNWELL A majority of our staff are veterans, which is why the program succeeds as it does.
BETSY TOLSTEDT She genuinely cares about veterans and about their well-being. It's definitely very challenging work...
BETSY TOLSTEDT Some figure if they wait it out, it will be OK. In some cases, they're right.
BETSY TOLSTEDT People are focusing on what really matters - financial security, relaxing time with family and frien...
BETSY TAYLOR American consumers are encouraged to spend. At the same time, they are being told to save money. Thi...
BETSY TAYLOR Rituals give kids a sense of security in a fast-moving, unpredictable world, as well as memories the...
BETSY TAYLOR The best ideas encourage your child's interests and create opportunities for you to be together.
BETSY TAYLOR Our study shows that we need to re-evaluate the effect of protons on biological systems, even the ef...
BETSY SUTHERLAND Scientists have been assuming that protons damage cells in a way similar to X-rays, but our results ...
BETSY SUTHERLAND The best PR is when people look up in the sky ... see the snow start to fall.
BETSY STRICKLER If mom isn't there, she still exists and will not change. There is a sense at 5 or 6 that things hav...
BETSY STONE It's probably too little too late.
BETSY SNYDER This process has plagued other airline mergers, and brings a risk of operational disruption or added...
BETSY SNYDER The combined entity will face significant hurdles, particularly integration of its labor forces.
BETSY SNYDER There's certainly been a history of low-fare carries going by the wayside,
BETSY SNYDER With these fuel prices, they've gone through cash quickly, ... Their strategy might work, but the qu...
BETSY SNYDER Some of the capacity will go away if fuel prices stay this high. It (oil prices near $50 a barrel) c...
BETSY SNYDER This is one - we might finally see a liquidation.
BETSY SNYDER When you do a market survey of name recognition, Hertz is right up there with Coke. They'll be willi...
BETSY SNYDER Seventh grade was the worst year of my life. I still haven't forgotten. ... Two girls would make fun...
BETSY SLOAN In our conference game we killed them and then came to the tournament and lost to them, and we wante...
BETSY RIETEMA We were all pretty worried and scared.
BETSY RICHMOND She did awesome. I think in the first half she was a little bit intimidated by Belcher. Coach Pound ...
BETSY RICHMOND Some girls will have their [big] nights every once in a while, but we spread the ball around pretty ...
BETSY RICHMOND Wal-Mart's commitment to give back to the communities we serve is shared by our associates and custo...
BETSY REITHEMEYER Wal-Mart has a long history supporting our troops and their families. We are proud to be a part of a...
BETSY REITHEMEYER Wal-Mart has a long history of supporting our troops and their families. We are proud to be part of ...
BETSY REITHEMEYER We asked the schools to think outside the box and be innovative. We asked them to tell us what they ...
BETSY REITHEMEYER He's really graceful with good timing. A lot of divers aren't as natural as him, so that will help. ...
BETSY PATTERSON La Cueva has a pretty good chance to finish top three at state. Coach (Vince Sanchez) has a number o...
BETSY PATTERSON And they also figured I'd be a wholesome contrast for Bess Myerson , who was a former Miss America, ...
BETSY PALMER I guess they thought I was just the opposite of her,
BETSY PALMER East Chicago is home,
BETSY PALMER They could also receive a matching grant from Rotary District 6930 to help their efforts.
BETSY OWEN We hope to continue the project every year in the same way.
BETSY OWEN I think it's a wonderful addition to the campus, and a very thoughtful way to remember the dozen Osw...
BETSY OBERST These alumni represent the best fruits of an Oswego education: They have made valuable contributions...
BETSY OBERST Members of the class of 2002 approached the Alumni Association about re-establishing a senior class ...
BETSY OBERST Every house has its own story, its own character.
BETSY MURPHY Short-term commitment. Spot and PT will probably outlive me.
BETSY MOON PT needs me for food and shelter. I'm not sure, but I believe she recognizes me by touch. I can reac...
BETSY MOON I've really developed an interest in reptiles. I didn't know anything about them when I bought Spot,...
BETSY MOON If it's natural, it's going to be better for you because it's not an outside something coming in to ...
BETSY MITCHELL Volunteers will have done all the work. All you have to do is to stroll in, hungry for the best stir...
BETSY MITCHELL He fixed my thumb. I have no pain, no loss at all.
BETSY MCGRAIL There is always a new technique to learn. This is a very exciting time to be a fabric artist. The le...
BETSY MCGRAIL She made me a new coat every year.
BETSY MCGRAIL I loved to go through the fabrics. Anytime I needed something new, I would pick out pieces of materi...
BETSY MCGRAIL They were also a way of keeping warm or of celebrating something.
BETSY MCGRAIL A lover is a thief who gets away from stealing the most priceless jewel of all, the human heart.
BETSY MATHEW Each number is a key to unlock the hidden secrets of the earth the stars and endless array of galaxi...
BETSY MATHEW Math is a language that transcends where words come to a halt.
BETSY MATHEW Everyone says what they mean even if they didn't mean to say it
BETSY MATHEW There are a variety of actions that are being proposed by House and Senate bills that would in essen...
BETSY LOYLESS Every one of these birds needs the protection of the Endangered Species Act. In part, it's about pro...
BETSY LOYLESS Congress needs to do everything possible to save these imperiled birds before it is too late. Unfort...
BETSY LOYLESS It's like a big soup bowl. Once the water goes in, there's no way for it to get out. It has to be pu...
BETSY KUYT We just keep watching. We can't help but watch. We're just devastated. We have no idea what we're go...
BETSY KUYT We love the French Quarter. I fell in love with the city and never went back.
BETSY KUYT We're pretty sure that it's gone. We've cried about that already.
BETSY KUYT We had been having horrendous heat there. It was just a normal, hot, regular day. We didn't know the...
BETSY KUYT I look forward to the preparation and competition over the next two years.
BETSY KING He said it's going to be a long nine months.
BETSY JACKSON I have to be there and be strong for her. It's not going to be easy, but I'm going to do it for Kyle...
BETSY JACKSON I have to be there and be strong for her.
BETSY JACKSON This isn't 'American Idol' and that sort of thing never happens — at least not in a theatre auditio...
BETSY HEAD They get a chance to look it over just like at a real audition, but in no way do they memorize it. T...
BETSY HEAD The directors may give them some notes — they may ask an actor to try something a different way — ...
BETSY HEAD Whenever we go to a show, we already see who wins. You see the people who get cast and you already k...
BETSY HEAD But it also opens the door for audiences to see what really goes on at these things. It's like seein...
BETSY HEAD There's still the fan support, still the community support and still the district support. It's all ...
BETSY HAYDEN The football numbers are huge, especially for modified. We weren't sure what to expect. There was a ...
BETSY HAYDEN I think it's big. We're a small community and sports are huge here. Just look at the Friday night fo...
BETSY HAYDEN to change the perception that this is a bad neighborhood and that you're either crazy or stupid to l...
BETSY HARRIS [Drug dealers and prostitutes hang out at the park] because they can, ... They're almost slick enoug...
BETSY HARRIS To talk about the park is to talk about the history of the neighborhood.
BETSY HARRIS I have a whole lot of other things I want to do in the next four years, but you know what? I am so e...
BETSY GOTBAUM I don't understand why in the world Jay would say that I downplay the office. I think it's an extrem...
BETSY GOTBAUM I always think you can do better, ... and I'm looking forward to in my next four years increasing th...
BETSY GOTBAUM The results show my message and what I do for New Yorkers are what people want in this city,
BETSY GOTBAUM I think a lot of leases have come up, and with these older leases, when the landlord comes in and wh...
BETSY GOTBAUM We as taxpayers are already paying for the school building projects, improvements to the Northfield ...
BETSY GLASSMAN Hurricanes affect us terribly. If we have a bad hurricane season it'll take away from everything I d...
BETSY GARRISON The clothing is about sun protection and of course we have beer can island shorts.
BETSY GARRISON We had the best January through March period in the history of owning our own business.
BETSY GARRISON We?re becoming an on-demand world. It?s no longer enough to simply broadcast; we need to keep provid...
BETSY GARDELLA Our business model is like making a cup of coffee, but instead of charging people for it, we ask cus...
BETSY GARDELLA We do a good job of getting the facts, but good radio paints a picture. We try to provide an audio s...
BETSY GARDELLA This is something the attorneys are going to be dealing with.
BETSY EATON Right now we are dealing with a lot of conflicting statements and conflicting evidence.
BETSY EATON Exxon is very definitely apologizing to this community for what happened and we're doing everything ...
BETSY EATON Once we can get on top of the spam, we can address some of our internal e-mail issues.
BETSY DRAPER