John Tierney Quotations

Should the President's budget be approved as is, every region in the country-and thus our state as well-would stand to lose resources that help prevent youth violence and promote drug awareness. This would be particularly devastating to those communities in the 6th District combating a growing opiate problem among their youth.

frightening the public with tales of a drug so seductive it instantly turns masses of upstanding citizens into addicts who ruin their health, their lives and their families.

He worries me as the next Fed head. He's very tied to what Bush wants too. Having been made the head of the CEA, Bush has gotten to know him, and feels in control.

Rinsing out tuna cans and tying up newspapers may make you feel virtuous, but recycling could be America's most wasteful activity.

Someone needs to rescue France from its self-proclaimed malaise. Close to a quarter of its young people are unemployed, but they're too busy burning cars to look for jobs.

We spend more in health care than any other nation, amazingly enough, and yet we're not providing service to almost 45 million people and a lot of other people are underinsured, ... And we're obviously not being efficient. So we're not spending the money wisely.

contributed to a sense that GM problems are very deep.

Dr. King's lectures and dialogues stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation. As the anniversary of his birth coincides with the anniversary of No Child Left Behind, we must take this opportunity to speak out to ensure fair implementation and full funding of this landmark law.

is the kind of leader we need to oversee the tens or hundreds of billions that Washington will be spending on the Gulf Coast. Scott could insist on low everyday prices while still leaving the area as well prepared for the next disaster as Wal-Mart was for Katrina.

A column really works best when you really have something to say about something. I haven't had a great original thought on this.

A college degree is the cornerstone of the American dream, opening the door to job opportunity and professional fulfillment, while increasing earning power by more than one million dollars over a lifetime. The world economy is extremely competitive and it is important to America's economic prosperity and national security that every student in America has access to a college education.

This is a typical turnout for an off-year election. But there is a warm, fuzzy feeling about coming out of the polls with the sticker on your lapel and I think a lot of people are going to miss that,

he added, ''is we got our expectations up that we would get 1,000 new jobs, and that is not going to happen.

The French produce great Camembert, but they haven't absorbed the wisdom of Spencer Johnson's modern classic, 'Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your life'.

The markets are telling you that more traders are starting to see a greater risk that a default scenario could happen sooner in time than later. You cannot deny there is a pattern here.