J. C. Watts Quotations | Page 3

This is a tough pill to swallow. Everyone is willing to do whatever it takes to keep me in prison, legally or illegally; even lie... ... big lie.

In Canada we're going to see a fairly good growth number in Q4, 2.7 per cent below Q3's 3.6 (per cent).

I mean it's weird because the thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking.

I never heard (Rich) go off on a musician unless there was a reason, ... However, (Rich) never knew when to lighten up. He'd state his case and then continue until he had blown his stack.

If people see this as an election-year ploy, they will see it as having no substance.

I'm not that happy with my personal performance, but honestly, it doesn't matter that much to me because our team did good. That's what I'm more worried about.

I'm pretty satisfied with our team's performance, but I feel there's so much room for improvement. We're not really bummed out about it. We're just going to clean up our skills and add on higher-level skills.

In some ways, they've added one more card to their playing hand.

If your credit report shows that you had six or more inquiries in the last 12 months that you triggered, you are eight times more likely to go bankrupt than somebody without any inquiries.

No, it's like downhill skiing! Nobody is dragging their ass to come on this one.

I've had a record collection ever since I was a kid. I don't listen to one thing. Maybe I should've done that. I may have been better.

Small businesses are the threads that bind a community together. That's why we call these the Tapestry Awards.

I'm not in the music business; I'm in music, ... What I love to do has evolved, technically and harmonically, but it's not as marketable. This record company isn't for trying to make commercial records for a particular market. It's an outlet to expose the music and energy I believe in and for those who are looking for something more, it offers an option.

I'm happy about our team performance. We were close to our school record (109.55) and we had nowhere near our full potential. That really psyches us up for the rest of the season. We know what we're capable of doing.

AT&T is holding on to its base. These numbers exceed our expectations.

taking advantage of patients for your own selfish purposes, patients who expected the opposite -- to treat them honestly and to care for them.

The biggest arena in the area is Jesse Boot in Nottingham, but it is a long trip and too far from Mansfield.

Not many parties want the optics of coming to the rescue of what is considered to be a very rich province in Canada.

It turns out that when you let people know what other people think, the popular things become more popular. But at the same time, it becomes harder to predict what will be popular.

Anytime you're working on behalf of a private sector business, if you're working with the government and dealing with the people's money, then everybody has a right to know who's working with whom.

I want to make sure that's not a forgotten goal.

I view it in terms ... as I would the Bible for African-American politicians, when you look at the 1992 elections and the redistricting,

Not everyone's prepared to pay the rent sufficient to cover the debt service.

Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly, with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession

It's scary, ... I was so nervous about doing anything that would make a child feel uncomfortable ... so we tried to work out all these systems, you know, 'Just give me the signal that we're not acting anymore.'

It's been messy before, but it's in bad shape. We expect some of the worst conditions because it's still supposed to rain. We're going to ask the runners to err on the side of caution (when coming down).

It's part of the plan, to invite the community in both to see the artwork and see who we are.

It sounds like a good idea. It's a well-reasoned, well-thought-out approach.

It's outrageous. We've been pushing for these things for years, and they do it for supervisors rather than have a discussion with us on who is best suited for this. It's a total disregard for the real human capital that exists.

Every time you open an account, you're dinging your credit rating a little bit.

(At times), no one could tell whether he was in deep meditation or fast asleep.

The Canadian dollar is getting less support from crude oil.

The Canadian dollar is getting less support from crude oil. The currency has been considered a petro currency, so if gains in crude oil prices stall, it weighs on the Canadian dollar.

Their program is relatively expensive, but a lot of it is conditional. We don't know what they're going to cut.

The Fed doesn't have to get too worried about inflation creeping up, but it can't get complacent,

The U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders right now, and there is little to no slack left in the economy.

If you shoot the C.E.O., they'll hire another one. The job will still get done.

I'll not willingly offend, Nor be easily offended; What's amiss I'll strive to mend, And endure what can't be mended

I'll not willingly offend, Nor be easily offended; What's amiss I'll strive to mend, And endure what can't be mended

Character is doing what's right when nobody is looking.

It takes a lot of strength to let go

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders,

Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?

There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.

We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.

There is a war being waged right now on prayer and religion by liberals who are taking every opportunity to make America as God-less as possible.

I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Martin Luther King, to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking.

The government taxes you when you bring home a paycheck. It taxes you when you make a phone call. It taxes you when you turn on a light. It taxes you when you sell a stock. It taxes you when you fill your car with gas. It taxes you when you ride a plane. It taxes you when you get married. Then it taxes you when you die. This is taxual insanity and it must end.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

If you are explaining, you are losing.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.

We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them how to read and write, do arithmetic and gain the computer skills necessary to allow them to compete in the global marketplace. If we can get that through the public schools, fine. If we can't, I'm all for parental choice in education to allow that parent to take his/her/their child to a school that is safe and teaches them, even if it is a faith-based school!

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.

There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.

I predict all of us will continue to find ways to make this world a better place.

The two appraisers came in so close together, that was particularly good. It gives everybody confidence on the value. If they came in wide apart it would have created a lot of ill feeling.

They've got to get spending under control and it's not a very palatable thing, either, to say you're going to cut spending on health care or education.

It's an escape from the everyday. It's also a way to connect with society.

It's close to home and I get a chance to keep playing soccer. I wasn't ready to give it up.

It was poor that we should allow that to happen. But on the positive side we scored three goals.

It was a great quarter for them. They're doing a very good job of telling their story that even though they're losing access lines, they're gaining customer connections.

In addition to the money they found for us, there was additional money allocated to begin to expand the system of care statewide.

Another thing we need to concern ourselves with on the coast, is the (hurricane) season is not over.

an excellent job as the general on the floor.

A holy reverence checks our speech, And praise sits silent on our tongues

The estimated cost for operating such a reactor these are very preliminary is in the neighborhood of $40 million a year.

The focus has largely been on building single-family homes here. It's becoming less affordable to buy here. It's not necessarily becoming less affordable to live here. Apartment rates won't necessarily go up.

The fiscal gap and the idea of Ontario becoming a have-not province are related, but not closely related,

Their needs and services are going to be different. We're going to provide support and technical assistance.

The major part of the problem in Ontario over the past few years is on the spending side, and unimaginative policy decisions, and we haven't really done much on the fiscal side to sort of stem problems with the increased spending.

The first stumble is really expensive. If you already have a low score and there's a delinquency, your score won't drop by as far.

The conductor said that I won precisely because I made this mistake and managed to continue playing.

These girls ran exceptionally well to come home with a win. Anytime you can win, it is a great feeling. Kati and Emily ran exceptionally well for us today, but as everyone knows it takes five to be a great team.

A judge's job is to make decisions. This taught me how to make tough decisions.

It's not enough to play the best you can it takes a certain amount of luck. It's like blessings from on high. Or being kissed by the gods. If people hear you, and want to hear you again, you can sustain a career.

It snowballed into people believing the president wouldn't talk to her and that she was floundering around, ... She was trying to paint this false environment, trying to paint the president as a monster, and there was no truth to that.

It's one of the issues with the housing bubble. It continues until those people who are not getting their money are foreclosed on.

It's not something we've forgotten about. We have had some casual conversations about it this fall, but it hasn't been a big topic.

As well as the strong sense of composition found throughout his art, there is an underlying sense of ironic humor in much of Trank's work.

This place turns into a wild scene. It's hard to find a seat.

They need to find out the amount of ligament damage. If it was just a break, he could have been back in 4-6 weeks because it's a non-weight bearing bone. There's at least one damaged ligament. If we're fortunate enough to make the playoffs we could get him back, but it's also possible he's done for the year.

They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.

There's 46 other people on the executive board and they'll have their say.

There seems to be little to stand in the way of further strength in the Canadian dollar.

Within my particular sub-field, we have a congenial group of students and faculty. We all have real interests in common and things to talk about with each other, and we get along. The more people who are in a department, or part of a department, the more likely it is that some of them are not going to get along with each other.

We simply cannot afford to ignore this research any longer.

We had the wind advantage and it was too close for me to try to chip it. We needed that goal before the half because we would have the winds at our faces in the second half.

We lost going full throttle, but we've taken some important steps forward. The girls are coming together very well.

It was quite exciting, but I was a bit daunted.

It's a good day. A lot of convictions and a lot of hard fighting on both sides, but I believe with every ounce of my being that we did the right thing today. Nobody apologizes for where we're headed.