“It's clear that there will always be roads in national forests. But it is a welcome change that the forest service has put the brakes on what has been a massive road-building system. Any new road building will have to meet rigorous testing and that's a positive change.”

“It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil -- far more invigorating to see it as essential for honing the mind, and as a positive good in itself. For the day that moral issues cease to be fought over is the day the word ''human'' disappears from the race.”

“Thomas made birdie there and I thought, 'Here we go. It's down the stretch now'. But I've been in that position before and decided to just try and make my par at the last and let Thomas try and come at me. Fortunately it worked out.”

“If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.”

“We're hoping it's a self-sustaining network of people sharing good news with each other and creating a positive buzz. It's mostly about attitudes and helping people understand how their individual attitude impacts the community attitude and our ability to grow.”

“I think this is a turning point for us, for the new Chase in our private equity business, in us being positioned to benefit from the new economy. The magnitude of the number has something to do with the fact that we have increased the pace of investments, and the markets are as good as they are.”

“Council Rock has been a great program for many years. It's a standard in our league we all shoot for. We were anxiously looking forward to the game. We have to learn to channel emotions in a positive way. It's a long season.”

“I think we're sitting in a good position. I don't think we have a team right now to win the Stanley Cup, to be honest with you, but we have a lot of room under the salary cap, and we can make some moves.”

“He has a lot of talented players around him but Kris is at the hub of our defense. He has a real positive effect of bringing kids together in a way kids respect. Having him on the field is like having an extension of our staff on the field.”

“Our Web site is helpful in so many ways. We get positive feedback from those in our community and around the world. The site has been online since November 2000 and has helped many people and their pets over the years.”