A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me will full hands; How could I answer the child?......I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. There was the hope Dr. Holden had talked about-the grass was a metaphor for his hope. But that"s not all. He continues, Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped, Like grass is a metaphor for God's greatness or something.... And then soon after is itself a child.... And then soon after that, Or, I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means, Sprouting alike in broadzones and narrow zones. Growing among black folk as among white.

“It's one of the ugliest positions that I have ever seen being taken by the state. It's cruel, and it's not the kind of face that we hope to see from our government.”

“Obviously, now with this information, we hope that there will be an immediate upgrading of the facilities or at least a quality approval of this product and greater availability. It's a little strange that such a valuable drug is so difficult to get.”

“Randolph is an exceptionally well-coached team so we expected that type of game. I was hoping that our kids could execute at the same level and I was proud of our kids.”

“We expect a lot from tomorrow's donor conference. We hope to see the same response to Pakistan as to the tsunami, but we are far from there because the financing is far from adequate.”

“They are changing the whole nature of who we are and what we have been. I hope the public understands that this is a threat to their heritage. It threatens the past, the present and the future. It's painful to see this.”

“I'm sure that might intimidate some, but I'm hoping that once we have an array of people blocking that hate out of the air, the students will feel welcome and go in without that intimidation.”

“Not too many people can say they took a handoff from the best quarterback ever. I wish him the best, and hope that he comes back. He is Green Bay.”

“We're really hoping we get embraced and welcomed into the community. And, so far, indications are that that's going to happen. There's a lot of interest, and that's always a good thing for us.”

“It shows what's possible with the combination of a massive ground-based survey and the imaging capability of the Hubble. Our fondest hope is that this is a poster child for why we need something like the Hubble.”