Loss prevention experts report that professional shoplifters calculate the value of the merchandise they are stealing to keep it under the threshold amount to avoid serious penalties and prosecution as a felony.

It's time to focus all of our efforts on renewables. We will oppose the building of LNG facilities.

Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.

I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.

There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board: read widely, learn the craft by whatever means you can - workshops and writing programs are ideal, but even self-study can work - apply what you learn, and persevere.

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.

I'm prairie-dwelling, pro-union, pro-health care, and pro-education.

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.