Famous Quotes & Sayings

The patchwork the corps did on the Ninth Ward was nowhere near the level they did on 17th Street. It wasn't the same quality work.

Rick Perlstein

Indeed, it was largely the clubbiness of the Washington village press corps that let Nixon get away with Watergate and still win his landslide in 1972.

By the end of 'Swan Lake,' you know how there's all the corps on stage, and she keeps running in the back, doing arms? You can't feel your arms. You're just like, 'Ow.'

James F. Amos

Spread the gospel that the Marine Corps is a force that has changed. We're not in 1942 anymore.

Giles Foden

The history of ideas is littered with the corpses of those who have tried to define culture.

John Barry

My intent is not to point the finger. I still have a high regard for the corps. Holding back the Mississippi River isn't an easy thing to do. They've done an extraordinary job at flood control, and that's what makes this all the more devastating. I'm sure the corps is devastated, too. They know people put their faith in them and that faith was betrayed.

Elie Wiesel

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.

I'd like to thank the Marine Corps for everything they do to protect our country,

Helena Bonham Carter

It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice.

Larry Fitzgerald

He's a great person to be around, ... He's a great influence on not only me, but the whole receiving corps and this whole football team. He's going to help us out in the locker room and he's definitely going to help us out on the field.

He's kind of had some flashes. He'll have a great day and then he'll have some days that are not so good. But it was great to see him come back today in a game-type environment and make some plays for us. We've got to have guys in the receiving corps to step up and make plays for us.

Robert Harris

I think it's great for them to come out and give their time and give some support and some acknowledgement to the Marine Corps and the base. I think it's awesome.

I think we have gone in the right direction in terms of getting better. I just think it's going to take time to where we want to go. It's about the young players. We have a pretty good corps of young guys that keep getting better. When you have young guys, they get better and have enthusiasm.

Peter Murphy

I think a lot of people saw it was something inspirational, kind of a Marine Corps spirit,

Studs Terkel

If it weren't for the warm grates we would've had 80 frozen corpses down there during the big blizzard.

Duane Michals

Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I'm interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone sleeping tells me nothing about their dream state; a photograph of a corpse tells me nothing about the nature of death. My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient.

There are semen tests out there, and some of them work, some of them don't. The light will even read subcutaneous bruising on corpses - this is serious stuff.

This serves as a sort of heads-up for the corps to let them know that we're watching. All this stuff is hitting so fast. It would be such a shame to miss this opportunity.

This road has got a lot of corpses on it.

Thomas Lynch

It is not enough to be a corpse any more. Now, you have to be a politically correct corpse.

We are not very big. Our linebacking corps has good size. We are not very big on the defensive line and we are not very big in the secondary, but we do have some quickness and we do have some good hitters. We play a fast style of defense. So far, our hitting and our tackling has been really good.

Phil Klay

For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning home.

Jeff Samardzija

Any time you understand that the receivers are going to be a big part of the game, you've got to take that weight upon your shoulders and you've got to make some plays and make some big catches. I think the receiving corps did pretty good.

The Youth Volunteer Corps has helped us for about five years and we really depend on them to tackle big, physical projects.

The state doesn't have the manpower. The Corps doesn't have it. So, they don't do it.

Spiro Agnew

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

Jeff Banks

We fulfilled all our needs and stuck with the plan we had. We really needed to supplement our offensive line and receiving corps ... those were the two big needs for us, and we got them. The height of the class, as far as big and tall, really improved. There are 10-12 guys over 6-foot-4 ... (and) there's another 10-12 guys that ran a 4.55 (40-yard dash) or lower.

Ned Yost

The whole plan three years ago was to tread water until these kids got here. And it's not just those three. It's all the others, too, a whole corps of kids that are coming.

Bob Johnson

I spent six years in the marine corps and I think I played three games of poker in those years, ... If we have an out-of-date ordinance, let's look at it and see if it needs to be changed.

We got open. This receiving corps is very talented. We've got a lot of speed, and we're quick. We just didn't get the opportunities. That's it. Everybody can say that the receivers weren't getting open. But one thing we say is that the eye in the sky don't lie. If you watch the film, you'll see a lot of guys wide open.

The Corps should hold Commissioner Henderson's feet to the fire.

The Corps knew, everybody knew, that the levees had limited capability.

The corps is not user-friendly. They're secretive. They're very bureaucratic.