Famous Quotes & Sayings

We?re in San Francisco. She?s from Alabama and she knows where the Goodie Shop is. That?s because she grew up in Arlington.

Ellen Gilchrist

My ancestors are Highland Scots, and my father's home in north Alabama is so much like northwest Arkansas. I have the same allergies in both places.

The people of Alabama just have a general distrust of government. They don't want to give (lawmakers) discretion.

Thomas H. Cook

I went to the Alabama public schools at a time when my English teachers, all but one of whom was a woman, taught nothing but the classics. They revered the great British and American writers.

Bear Bryant

I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

Ken Thompson

The only way we can overcome the tragedy of an immense disaster like this one is by pulling together as a nation and doing all we can to help out our fellow citizens in great need, ... The people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are not alone. Like the rest of our nation, the people of Wachovia want to lend them a helping hand so they can begin rebuilding their lives and their communities.

We're playing an Alabama club that's always feisty. They have a great Friday night guy and two others that take them deep into games, and they have a good closer.

We applaud federal and state law enforcement for their tireless work in making these arrests concerning the Alabama church fires.

We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with Mr. Williams and continue efforts in assisting the victims of Hurricane Katrina along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ... We continue to call on our associates and guests to keep helping our fellow residents of southern Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama during these difficult times.

There are still parts of Alabama that still have got to get through the dangers of this storm.

Dan Jenkins

Just think about it: what in the name of God would Alabama be without the University of Alabama? What would Oklahoma be without the University of Oklahoma? Nothing.

Don Siegelman

I think the people of Alabama now realize that they would rather have Don's lottery than Bob and Lucy's taxes.

I thought we played very well defensively in the first half. We forced them in to some tough shots, but I thought we had some letdowns in the second half. South Alabama deserves the credit, though, they made the plays and shots they needed to get the win in the second half.

He's done a heck of a job getting Alabama back and getting the program better.

Marco Rubio

We must educate and train our children to compete and succeed in the 21st century. Our kids are not going to grow up to compete with children in Alabama or Mississippi. They're going to grow up to compete with kids in India, and China, all over the world; children who are learning to compete and succeed in the 21st century themselves.

Wayne Williams

He was never, ever anything but humble, good character, the perfect role model - all those kind of things, that was Calvin. In fact, he helped me attract several other outstanding athletes to Alabama because of the way Calvin was and what they saw in him.

I actually started when I was 12 years old, that's when my home state of Alabama made it legal to hunt deer one month earlier with bow and arrow and firearm, and as far as exhibition shooting what got me started was that a friend of mine had an archery shop and asked me since I used long bow, which was very unusual at the time to come down and do some exhibition,

He loved Alabama football and he still loved Alabama football after that. He wasn't a part of it any more, but he continued to follow Alabama football. We talked nearly every day about it.

The people in Alabama have been wonderful to Bob, ... They've brought him clothes and Pastor Adams has visited Bob in the hospital.

We've been very fortunate that the loss of life in Alabama has been very, very minimal.

I always wanted to be a cheerleader, my Mom always dressed me up as an Alabama cheerleader on Saturdays.

But (the Alabama game), that was the first time I really felt good out there.

Art Briles

He has come out of some great programs and he's been on some great defenses. He was at Alabama four years ago when they were No. 1 in the nation (defensively). He coached the secondary there. And he has great experience. He's been doing it the right way for a long time.

Our first shipment after Katrina was steel that was in one of our terminals. It arrived before Katrina, and they barged to the Hyundai plant in Alabama less than two weeks after Katrina.

Jo Bonner

Please know that my thoughts and prayers, as well as those of many, many others here in Alabama and around the country, are with each of you during this time.

Playing quality schools like Alabama and South Florida are always good to have on a schedule playing-wise. Conference games are definitely the most important. Stephen F. Austin and Texas State are some of the standout games, and we want to play them hard to garner the respect of the other top tier teams in the conference.

Michael Brown

I think everyone in the country needs to take a big, collective, deep breath and recognize that there are a lot of people in this state, in Mississippi and Alabama who are living under conditions that, quite frankly, I doubt any reporter in this room is living under -- no food, no water, it's hot, it's sticky, their homes have been destroyed, they don't know where they're going to go next.

Bob Riley

Is Alabama better off than it was three years ago? ... four more years.

DeMarre Carroll

That Alabama game helped us. We played really hard. Our confidence level after that game really rose. I saw it in practice. Right now, we can't look back, we can only look forward.

Lisa called me here in Alabama and told me about this. And, I'm only about 3? hours from Hattiesburg, so I told her to fly to Birmingham and I'd pick her up and then we could drive down to Hattiesburg together.

Lisa called me here in Alabama and told me about this. And, I'm only about 3½ hours from Hattiesburg, so I told her to fly to Birmingham and I'd pick her up and then we could drive down to Hattiesburg together.

Stuart Rothenberg

Like Rasputin, who refused to die even after he was poisoned, shot three times and beaten with a 2-pound dumbbell, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) is proving to be more resilient than many political observers once assumed.

Bob Riley

I won't let our great state move backward, not when we can keep Alabama moving forward,