"As you're hearing my words as I'm speaking, your brain is processing those words, and we think analogous to what's going on in the bird, there's genes in particular areas of your brain, that are being expressed very rapidly or decreased very rapidly to allow you to process that information."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"Writing's something I've always done. My imagination kind of turned into words, and I'd start putting those words on a page."

VOA: special.2010.04.05

"I'm all about words. And when it comes to words, poetry is at the top of my list.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

KENNY CHESNEY: "Nashville helped shape me as an artist and as a person and my love for this city is beyond words.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

I edit every word that I say, I say no words that have not gone through my hand, many of them my own."

VOA: special.2009.08.16

I'm proud to be your son." "My boy,you took the words right out of my mouth.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

All the time, I was busy forming letters and words in her hand with my fingers.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Do not put words in my mouth." Information is often spread through word of mouth.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

In other words, my employer is always telling me to do things.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

In 1933, during the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt sought to give hope with these words: "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

VOA: special.2009.01.19

In other words, my experience I think predisposed me to being interested in the kind of phenomena that people in these extreme and unusual environments encounter. With Shackletons experience in mind, John Geiger started to investigate whether other people facing death or extreme fear had faced similar situations.

VOA: special.2010.02.24