I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It’s a river that immediately presents to the traveler, ‘I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.’ William Least Heat-Moon Read Quote
Although I’m deaf in only my left ear, when there is noise all around, I’m unable to distinguish sounds and can’t hear anything. David Hewson Read Quote
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below. John McCrae Read Quote
When I discovered acting, I decided that’s what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything. David Morrissey Read Quote
I gave everything I ever wrote to Johnny Cash. I think he said later in some interview that he would take them home and throw them in the lake with all the other demos. I’m sure he got a million of them. Kris Kristofferson Read Quote
It’s not that the system is broken, but clearly there are ways to improve the system, strengthen it, to make sure that we can put together the various bits and pieces of information in a way that allows us to stop every single terrorist out there. John O. Brennan Read Quote
When I write a goal down – and I truly write them down – it becomes a part of me. That’s a contract that I sign with myself to say, ‘I don’t care what happens – I’m going to stay on this path. I’m going to try and see this through; I’m going to give it my best shot, my best effort.’ Gail Devers Read Quote
Sports are trivial compared to matters of war and peace, but some parallels apply. Pete Hoekstra Read Quote
If you believe that markets operate in Alan Greenspan fashion, then you don’t inquire into the details. Oliver E. Williamson Read Quote
