#si

I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that's really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who likes to sail, that's interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#animal #boring #bunch #concrete #down

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. ↗

— Amy Grant

#compassion #difficult #difficult times #experience #filled

I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#i #intellect #obtain #out #satisfaction

As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#efficiency #energy #energy efficiency #geography #history

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#enforcing #feet #fire #first #first of all

Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#both #careers #dominated #family #family planning

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#america #carry #each #experience #his

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#defense #defense budget #equate #gestures #gratitude

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#african american #american #anybody #kid #like

As the Republicans run to the crazy Tea Party right, they leave behind the huge mass of genuinely moderate and independent Americans that make up the majority of voters. The ones that used to consider themselves now-extinct moderate Republicans. They're up for grabs. And the Democrats have to grab them! ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#consider #crazy #democrats #genuinely #grab