Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.

We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.

We stand strong together - as Americans - many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God.

Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.

We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are the heroes for our times.

What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.

Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.

We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.

What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.

A dynamic economy begins with a good education.

Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.

Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.

If we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system.

Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.

We all share a common goal - we want our children to succeed.

Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.

Everything depends on a good job strong families strong communities the pursuit of the American dream and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!

I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and therefore of the pattern of human relationships in society.

President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet.

There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.

So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.

If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.

Bing was always hesitant to accept appreciation in any form.

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.

Respect... is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation.

I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my high appreciation of the honour extended to me many years ago by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science by enrolling me amongst its members.