Quotes by Gary Herbert

“Hope is the poor mans bread.”

“We are not proposing anything [yet], ... We dont want to propose anything to bias the discussion. I want to hear what others have to say.”

“Which means we cant do it, ... Somethings got to be addressed.”

“Its not just highways and roads, ... Its not just increasing mass transit. Its not just air travel, but really all of that together.”

“The bottom line is the capacity were building is lagging way behind,”

“You were strangers before, but Im here to tell you now you are friends of Utah, ... I appreciate the enthusiasm we hear today that is chasing down that doom and gloom.”

“Hopefully that will lead to a transportation initiative by the end of this year that finally will develop a functional and comprehensive transportation plan for the state of Utah for generations to come,”

“It would be a failure if we dont come up with something and do something, ... The governor and I are committed to taking the information received here (at the summit) and putting together some sort of transportation initiative.”

“Human beings arent perfect; were working out kinks and trying to eliminate potential errors,”

“I understand we all take it for granted,”

I believe that our teachers need more freedom to be creative in the classroom in order to maximize the time students spend learning, not the time they spend taking tests.

Partisanship is not necessarily a bad thing. It leads to new leadership and new opportunities.