Famous Quotes & Sayings

Woody Guthrie

Uncle Sam took up the challenge in the year of '33 For the farmer and the factory and all of you and me. He said, "Roll along Columbia. You can ramble to the sea, But river while you're ramblin' you can do some work for me."

R. Lee Ermey

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

P. G. Wodehouse

What I'm worrying about is what Tom is going to say when he starts talking." "Uncle Tom?" "I wish there was something else you could call him except 'Uncle Tom,' " Aunt Dahlia said a little testily. "Every time you do it, I expect to see him turn black and start playing the banjo.

Jonathan Franzen

It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.

Louise Rennison

When uncle Eddie does his impression of 'Like a Virgin' it's like Madonna is coming out of his body!' Christ what an image.

Emeril Lagasse

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

Ed Bradley

My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.

Benoit Mandelbrot

I didn't want to become a pure mathematician, as a matter of fact, my uncle was one, so I knew what the pure mathematician was and I did not want to be a pure - I wanted to do something different.

Edward Norton

When I think of my background, if I was privileged on any level, it was in terms of the kind of exposure to experience and bohe-mian cultural influence that my parents and my uncles and my grandfather gave me. On both sides I come from an extremely eccentric, artsy, intellectually intense, activist family.

Phyllis Lehman

He was a good dad and a good provider. He'd do anything for you. He'd give you anything he possibly could.

SuzAnne Miller

He was a wonderful dad and a wonderful man.

Nick Saban

He'd come and visit his dad in the summer,

Bill Scott

He kept telling me he was ready and his dad told me he was ready. After we missed the extra point, I figured enough was enough.

Richelle Nice

There are so many things, so many things. Scott Peterson was Laci's husband, Conner's daddy -- the one person that should have protected them.

Maverick Golden

I think you earn what you get out of life. I've always worked hard I was working hard in my dad's cornfields by the time I was seven.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Whatever I did would be something they'd already done. I mean, my Dad would welcome it if I got a nose ring.

Phil Schiller

We think about making it so easy that a second-grader can use it, mom and dad at home can use it. The fun is in making your own movie, putting together your own content. It's such an emotional experience to see your kids and yourself and your friends in your own movie.

Jeb Bush

I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.

John Kailukiak

There is a fault that comes through the face and I used that as a representation of her cancer.

Zig Ziglar

I will live a hope-filled life every day. I will handle my problems as opportunities in a different, more effective manner, based on the power of advanced mathematics; "You + God = Enough

Carol Rosenberg

Regular skin checkups to reduce the incidence of this deadly skin cancer must focus on those at high risk. Diagnosing melanoma early is critical to saving lives.

Debbie Baker

C.J.'s cancer is really hard to tell how long it will take. It could be today or a year from now. We're all bucking for a year.

Brian Green

Being able to do this gave me my hope and courage to face this disease I had to face every night when I went home and that's really why I'm here tonight ? is that hope. I had the hope that tomorrow would be a better day and, hopefully, a day without cancer and that's the same hope that we're all here for tonight.

Kandace Olney

Cancer is cancer. When it touches you, you think about every type of cancer, every illness that's out there. This is one very small way I can give back to another cancer survivor.

Jon Kelly

I'm cancer free, totally cancer free, ... I stand before you a completely healthy person.

Shannon Olson

If our kids had cancer, we could fight it. But we've got nothing to fight. We just sit and watch them die.

Steve Parris

I have three children. My wife and I try to do what we can to help other families. I try to look at the goodness in life. There are children with cancer who cannot help themselves. They need help and that's where you can lend a hand.