I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.

The greatest luck that I've had has been the ability to find men and women who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of.

Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start.

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.

I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing.

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.

I don't put labels on myself.

I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards.

Nobody gets any guarantees.

I expect my next job to be outside government.

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.

I care about the children of Detroit.

The asbestos problem impacts everyone.

Sometimes it is better to begin the journey, to get under way, then it is to sit back and wait until such time that you're convinced that all conditions are perfect and that there'll be no surprises along the route.

While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed.

I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s.

Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.

The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62.

I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.

Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products.

I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 17. There were boys at school that I would find out later had a crush on me but I was too shy to talk to them.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school.

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.

In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college.

My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school.

In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.