The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt.
I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.
The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.
The party has to be rebuilt on all levels. In a way, maybe it's to be expected when you've had a governor in office for 12 years and he and his people are stepping down.
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.
It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch.
Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.
Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs.
A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention.
To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.
I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office.
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career.