Famous Quotes & Sayings

That baton was handed to them and now they have to hand off the baton to the juniors. It's tradition and they've picked it up and ran with it.

My mother is with her sister in Arkansas, my brother is in Baton Rouge with his wife's family and my sister who just walked in is here with me,

Archie Manning

I was very proud of them. It was heavy on their hearts and they moved fast. Peyton got the plane lined up. Their mother and I think that it did some good. I've heard so many comments from people in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. And after talking to the boys when I got back I could tell it did them some good, too.

Jim Haslett

I was kind of surprised, to be honest, because I thought we would play here or in Baton Rouge,

Yulia Tymoshenko

picking up Kuchma's baton and wanting to get rid of me in the same way.

Our office is in pretty good shape, but the building itself had some damage. We're setting up a temporary location in Baton Rouge.

We were going to be nomads for the most part. There's no place to room in Baton Rouge.

Peter Wright

Most of the people here think this is the best-kept secret in Baton Rouge. If you're wondering what the dirty little secret is, there isn't one. We're just north of Florida Boulevard, that's all.

Ian Holloway

Whoever picks up this baton has to be able to carry it forward,

We feel every comfortable with the baton in Jack's hands. He's been there before.

Nicole Scherzinger

When I think about eighteen months ago when this all began and how far we've come, I can't wait to see where we are eighteen months from now. It's also such an honor to have the baton of a number one song passed to us by an icon like Mariah Carey.

John Brady

And Glen challenged the team at halftime. You know what it was like being in Baton Rouge last year after we didn't win that first round game. I didn't want to experience that any more.

The man in Baton Rouge said to call when we get close.

Grant Hackett

Coaches like Denis are certainly the unsung heroes in modern sport and that's what carrying the baton is all about, recognising people who play such a valuable role.

Douglas Brinkley

Administration policies seem to tacitly encourage those who live below sea level in New Orleans to relocate permanently, to leave the dangerous water's edge for more prosperous inland cities such as Shreveport or Baton Rouge.

The White House and the Congress took off with the baton . . . but they haven't finished running the race. The fundamental job of the government is to protect and defend its citizens, and at this point, the United States is still very vulnerable.

Nick Saban

This game is really about our players and not about me going back to Baton Rouge,

They're talking about changing the (Louisiana) state song to helicopter blades flapping and a siren wailing, ... I'd imagine Baton Rouge is even worse to drive in now.

They seem to run harder when they have a baton in their hand.

A long and difficult settlement looms. For Houston or Baton Rouge, these are huge numbers of people for them. They are desperately poor, seriously depressed, lost individuals with nothing. They are going to be hard to absorb. It's an enormous burden for a city to take it on. After the shock and warmth and compassion wear off, these refugees are going to have to find a way to become new citizens in these new places.

They are staying at teacher's houses, they are staying with friends. Some are commuting from Baton Rouge and Gonzales.

Paul Di Filippo

Generational change within a genre is hard to parse while it's happening. Only in retrospect can the passing of the baton from ancestors to progeny be clearly discerned.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.

Jackie Wilson

It would be different in Baton Rouge. This has place has two, three streets. I hope it doesn't start stinking around here.

These buildings are the history of the community and they represent the human history of the community, ... There is just so much going on in Old South Baton Rouge that the rest of the community doesn't appreciate, and it's because they don't know.

That's where we start (looking). Baton Rouge is the closest major city to New Orleans. Hard to say where this thing is going to take us in the next in few weeks.

We found them (the Simons) at a church-run shelter in Baton Rouge.

I used the end of my baton to try and wake the male because I could hear breathing, ... As I pushed on his right shoulder, I could distinguish that the breathing was coming from a second person on the other side of the bed on the floor.

I'm in Houston right now, getting ready to go to a farm in Lake Charles. I left my mom and my grandmother and her blind friend in a hotel lobby in Baton Rouge, so I've got to get them up to the farm. I grabbed my guitar, my dog and my girlfriend and got out. That was all I could do. I've got nothing left besides a little cash in my back pocket. It will take months for me to figure out a semblance of what to do.

I'm glad I gave up baton twirling for basketball.

In Korea, already you can see the baton passed from exporters to domestic consumption.

I'm proud to pass the baton to Jack Greenberg, because he is thoroughly prepared to take on the challenging responsibilities of being chief executive officer.

The Baton Rouge we live in and grew up in is no longer. These people are here to stay, perhaps forever.