Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alice Walker

They were women then My mama's generation Husky of voice Stout of step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors And ironed Starched white Shirts How they led Armies Headragged Generals Across mined Fields Booby trapped

They were truly interested in why we'd flown across the country to meet with them.

They write in a journal about the whole immigration process. They talk about coming over from their homeland, their journey across the sea and their experience at Ellis Island.

Jack Baker

They made a lot of money and Sibley got into agriculture - his first love - and began grafting, seed testing and raising horses. He created such a good stock of trotting horses and Jersey cattle that they would set records across the country. ...He had a great affection for that, which came from the soil.

Marcus Trufant

They look at our schedule and say that it was too weak. They think that we're not a physical team, but what you saw today was good, old-fashioned smash-mouth. Line up and dominate the guy that's across from you. It's still not going to matter. Those who doubt us are going to keep it going. That's fine. Keep doubting us all the way to winning the Super Bowl.

Rich Rodriguez

They'll either be in bed or they'll be back on the plane to Pittsburgh. Nobody wants to be sent home from a bowl game because, one, you want to enjoy a big game and, two, your name is going to be on the bottom of that ESPN ticker thing that goes non-stop across the bottom of the TV screen.

They held their own. They swam through across the board. They'll be ready to swim in a couple of weeks (at sectionals).

Mario Batali

They have what's called the cooking school bloc, which is in the afternoon between 1 and 5. It will be interesting to see how my show, which is travel and food tied together, goes across America.

They have to stop being a Toronto broadcasting corporation and get out and establish themselves in the cities across the land.

There's still a lot of property to develop. We'll be expanding things across the bypass, and we'll be adding things at what you call Broadway at the Beach proper.

There's something with Broadway Across America's size ... (their) reach has hampered them (from) being nimble, and we're able to be much more nimble.

There's a greater demand for energy across the board: coal, oil and natural gas, all of which North Dakota is a major producer, so we're reaping the benefits of that energy sector.

There's a good chance our investment volume could be more diversified across the region this year.

There's a good case to be made that there's a need for a cash component for the oil industry as well as a cash component for other sectors. We would like to see a cash component across the board.

There's a general upside bias for the dollar right across the board, but that inclination is tempered a little when you come up against big events like the trade data.

Marley Shelton

There's something fabulously decadent about staying in a hotel across the street from where you live.

There's some concern that although inflationary pressures do appear to have receded in recent days, higher fuel prices could reignite worries here and this in turn has the potential to weigh on stocks across the board.

There should be some good teams and tough competition. It's going to be good for us and hopefully we have a very solid performance by everybody across the board.

There's no question that we're facing in television the most competitive primetime season in recent memory, ... You have to look at how the World Series has held up versus a very strong primetime lineup across the board on any given night.

There's no question many of our members all across the state have been extremely disappointed in this administration. He's allowed important state services to deteriorate due to lack of funding and lack of appropriate staffing. He's failed to reform our state's broken tax system.

There's not an all-encompassing buying pattern emerging across the industry, ... without corporations coming off the sidelines.

Lonnie Johnson

There's no doubt in my mind that they love their children. I know they love their children. But taking that information and getting it across to them, that's what we go to school for, that's what we continuously train for.

There's no argument for a quick spate of booking profits on the week as we're sitting close to current lows, but the diminishing prospect of a rate cut in the UK combined with improving cash yields across the Atlantic could make further notable gains difficult to find.

There's more and more demand for broadband at the desktop. We've diversified nicely across several market sectors and our efforts are paying off.

There's lots of signs of the growing drumbeat for reform. We think there is a bipartisan majority with presidential leadership that can actually get across the finish line this session.

There's no way that I can sit across the table from somebody whose main bargaining leverage is that he isn't complying with the existing agreement. That has to be cleared up first.

There's nothing you can do about it. The conditions just change so much. I just don't think it was a very fair race across the board, but it's never fair really.

Mira Nair

There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.

The township would really like to see them put in their own cluster sewer system, like the Kohl's development did across the street.

The town board has heard the call for competition from neighbors across the township.

The toughest thing is that, you know, we're a little bit lean on our marketing dollars, and we're pressed on our expense dollars across the board in order to run the business, so we've become a little bit of the world's best-kept secret.

The total number of convicts at the jails across the country has reached 105,000. Hopefully, the remission will really be issued on August 17,

Margaret Geller

The United States is a leader across a broad range of scientific disciplines. Our technological prowess is part of our greatness as a nation. Sadly, among the rich industrialized nations, we also lead by a substantial margin in the rate of poverty among children.