“There’s no intention here of tackling what may be 10 million to 12 million

“There’s no intention here of tackling what may be 10 million to 12 million foreclosures over the course of the next three years.”

Diana Farrell, a White House economic adviser, on a federal plan to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans.

“We’re just not keeping bees alive that long.”

Jeff Pettis, research leader of the Department of Agriculture’s Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md., on the four-year crisis of disappearing honeybees.