Chris Gabrieli Quotes

I do think that a school day that matches the work day makes a lot of difference for working families, but the big driver of this effort is education. Period. We have a lot of students not gaining the skills they need, and it is pretty clear that school does not offer enough time to get that job done.

I've spent enough time in the business community to know there are certain regulators who are very constructive in their approach - those who enforce the laws and who actually want to help you comply - and there are others who have a prosecutorial attitude.

You can't be entirely unguarded in politics. Even appearing to be unguarded is as much a facade as a reality.

Small business is crucial. I think we talk so much about large businesses, they're well represented; they talk well for themselves. But most people work for small businesses; most wealth that stays in a community gets generated from them.

I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.

I'm a growth-is-good Democrat.

There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had ... without being elected to public office in Massachusetts.

I understand fully that jobs are created by the private sector, having been all my life in the private sector, but I don't buy the argument that the state has no role to play.

The Expanded Learning Time program is a voluntary one - only districts and schools that want to apply are in the program and supported by the state to pursue their plans.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.

Time is a resource, much like money or autonomy, which can be invaluable or can be squandered.

Here's a very simple, common sense idea - if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.