More Missourians are working than ever before.

More Missourians are working than ever before.

Missouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings.

We're only one of a few states that have maintained our Triple-A bond rating from the major rating agencies.

I'm very direct. It's part of my personality. I've actually grown into that.

If you don't think it's safe, it probably isn't.

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgment and choice of films and sense of comedy.

I just try to be the player I am.

No charges have been filed by the L.A. district attorney's office, and for that I am appreciative. I have said it before, but we all make mistakes, and the day will come soon enough where you no longer read of mine in the tabloids.

The environment on set is very encouraging.

One day someone will walk into your life.. open your heart and set your soul in fire.

ISIS may be a perversion of Islam, but Islamic it is, just as Christian beliefs about the sanctity of the unborn child explain why some Christian fundamentalists attack abortion clinics and doctors.

The most beautiful discovery best friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.

I don't take story input from fans.

My mom would be leaving the house and she'd say, 'Don't you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!' And the door would close, and that's exactly what I'd do. The show was calling me!

The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.

I've always loved to paint - I was studying to do an art degree when I was approached to become a model - and I've being doing some design work as well. I also love just having a quiet time, sitting in my little library at home in Brooklyn and reading or watching documentaries or listening to music.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more.

Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.

If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.

The election of the nationalist Chen Shui-bian as president in 2000 and his re-election in 2004 was a nadir in the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland.

Nasser Hussain is brilliant. I am very impressed with him. With no disrespect to the current players, he has had to work with material which is not of the highest quality.