We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. – Paul Ryan
Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. – James Madison
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. Its not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs. – Dierks Bentley
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have. – Walter Pater
It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, its better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap. – Richard Morris