Jim Nussle

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.

There's a fine line in being too specific so you can't be too flexible, and being too vague in being specific and people not thinking it's meaningful.

The reform of government needs to continue.

Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.

My life is fairly normal. I didn't wake up one morning and find out that I'm suddenly a star, with people clamoring at me. I feel like I'm moving up the ladder just a little, which is fine.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.