Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Russell

My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.

Boomer Esiason

Randy Moss is not a leader. He doesn't deserve to be the captain of the Oakland Raiders. He's the one who said he wanted to be traded. He's not happy. His effort is lacking. That's a disgrace to the uniform. I don't care what uniform you have on.

Jay Leno

What's going on with the Oakland Raiders? You know, I don't want to say the Raiders are bad, but you know, now, a lot of fans are painting their faces just so they won't be recognized.

Lupe Fiasco

The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it, they all look like Chief Keef.

John Ensign

Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway?

John Madden

In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.

Jim Otto

We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.

Willie Stargell

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

Rickey Henderson

I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.

Gordon Woods

I think reconstructing his library would be fantastic. That would be a real contribution to scholarship.

Diane Setterfield

What better place to kill time than a library?

David McCullough

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

David Strathairn

Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.

Beverly Cleary

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

Thomas Jefferson

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.

Bud Schmidt

We're going to get a new library here.

Bill Moyers

When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.

Bill Watterson

County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello?

Neelie Kroes

The payment cards industry in Europe remains national and some local players are preventing competition from developing.

Gerry Gerlach

That was her old system ? she didn't need a computer. We used to use thousands of those cards for ordering. She always had that dedication to the business.

Mary Smith

That was a leap year, and he didn't run away. We're enjoying being with each other in our retirement. We never get bored. We play cards together, do crosswords and he likes to cook.

Rachel Bolton

Valentine's Day is the second largest holiday for giving greeting cards after Christmas.

Charles Burton

I stood in line ... to vote, and as they were handing out the plastic cards that you insert, some lady said to me, 'Judge, you sure this isn't preprogrammed.' So people still have their doubts.

Steve Noyce

We have a few good cards to play and we haven't been called to play any of them, so we'll see what happens.

Paul Fitzhenry

Those deficiencies are noted, but at the same time, there is no mention about the Medicare discount cards that were introduced last year. These cards provide discounts between 30 and 40 percent or even more for uninsured patients.

John Carroll

I worked for Knight Ridder for 18 years and I know the Detroit Free Press was part of the company's pride back in the old days. Now it seems, viewed from the outside, that these papers are like cards in a deck: you shuffle them, you deal them, you fold them, and the meaning of them as an institution in the community seems to have been lost.

Rickey Henderson

I think playing cards gave me the opportunity to relax in the game.