Quotes About Access

When I worked in the White House in the 1970s and '80s, I was often stopped within the White House by agents checking my credentials. They were very observant and would stop anyone they didn't recognize.

I was given a White House - well, you will have to ask the White House that. But I asked to attend the White House briefing because I was, you know, because I wanted to report on the activities there.

My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.

Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.

A lot of people try to control how you access gaming. You know, they're trying to prevent people from buying games.

If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.

Making sure that people have access to preventive medicine for the first time ever as a nation? That's a big deal.

There are no issues more personal than prescription drugs and the high prices Americans must pay to get the medicine they need.

I am still haunted by the memory of my Ugandan friends dying from HIV years ago because high prices kept the medicines they needed out of reach.

Google pays advertisers based not just on payment per click but also by number of clicks. The interplay between the two sets the prices, so a government-regulated price for 'equal access' might be difficult to set.

All Americans must have access to the Internet in today's digital world, and the market needs competition to drive affordable prices.

Drugs should be available for cheap prices for patients.

When Kansans go to the pharmacy to pick up their medication, they deserve a fair deal on their drug prices.

The key to the generic-drug economic model is to keep entry prices low enough to attract multiple competitors.

The pricing of a pharmaceutical product is opaque and frustrating, especially for patients.

Historically marginalized populations have already had less access to wealth and credit building opportunities, and the continued use of credit histories to set auto insurance pricing compounds racial discrimination and exacerbates wealth inequality.

Once cable started coming around, I had a lot of access to a lot of different wrestling, but primarily, the Mid Atlantic stuff is what I sort of fell in love with.

Too often, patients without a primary doctor go to expensive hospital emergency rooms for nonurgent care.

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.

If you think about it, the printing press allowed everyone to print books - it democratised the printing of information. For the first time, we could all print.

We prioritize access to guns to such a degree that we are traumatizing an entire generation of children.

We need to make Net Neutrality the law. We need to elect a Congress that will make it a priority to keep this important principal intact - and insure equal and open access to the Internet for all.

In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.