I was afraid. But my son called me before I got there to tell me he was okay.
BLANCHE JONES We couldn't get out, couldn't find a way out. That was the most devastating thing of all. By the gra...
BLANCHE JONES I was trying to go to sleep. Then all of the sudden everything just started crashing and catching on...
BLANCHE JONES All of the sudden everything just started crashing and catching on fire and people hollering and run...
BLANCHE JONES Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.
BLANCHE LINCOLN A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact t...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or mak...
BLANCHE LINCOLN We go to foreign countries and say, 'Our farmers will do what is right,' but turn deaf and dumb when...
BLANCHE LINCOLN This crisis has shown just how important this safety net is to our nation,
BLANCHE LINCOLN If we are to give working mothers, fathers and their children an opportunity to live the American dr...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I...
BLANCHE LINCOLN I believe that the fight against crime starts in the home. Parents must take responsibility for thei...
BLANCHE LINCOLN It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.
BLANCHE LINCOLN The crisis of ever escalating health care costs is not going away, and in fact, it's getting worse. ...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and c...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making ...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the America...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I...
BLANCHE LINCOLN For the life of me, I've yet to understand why the Bush Administration would oppose this emergency a...
BLANCHE LINCOLN I told them after regulation to not give up, and keep playing hard. We didn't come here to lose.
BLANCHE ARAKAKI It is about our personal responsibility to strengthen our community. This is about making us strong ...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Right and wrong becomes more difficult for each of us as we grow older, because the older we get the...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Here we are fretting and arguing over the details when these people are in need.
BLANCHE LINCOLN A case for Red River's importance to our military could have never been made had it not been for all...
BLANCHE LINCOLN I would say it just depends on how much onlooker traffic the neighborhood gets. Otherwise, it won't ...
BLANCHE EVANS Developers are going to take advantage of rundown blue-collar housing and turn it into white collar.
BLANCHE EVANS Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual proces...
BLANCHE LINCOLN It's costing several thousands of dollars in extra chemicals, tests and cleaning up. We don't want a...
BLANCHE PROKES It is important that we at a federal level provide our local law officials the resources they need t...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Parents, ... are without a doubt the best line of defense for their children in trying to make sure ...
BLANCHE LINCOLN My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision sh...
BLANCHE LINCOLN It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality.
BLANCHE LINCOLN There are three reasons why lawyers are replacing rats as laboratory research animals. One is that t...
BLANCHE KNOTT It's sad that in 2006, we still have incidents where people are attacked because of their skin color...
BLANCHE HUGHES If it's true, it's just so disappointing.
BLANCHE HUGHES It was not enough for Martin Luther King, Jr. to dream about equality. He had to rise and become the...
BLANCHE HUGHES I personally owe so much to those who came before me. This march is a reminder to us all that this c...
BLANCHE HUGHES We must take on the work that others have left for us. In our own way and space, we need to take res...
BLANCHE HUGHES We should not, in 2006, still have individuals beaten because of the color of their skin. But we do....
BLANCHE HUGHES I was sad when I heard about it. It's still a reminder of what we have to do. We still have hatred a...
BLANCHE HUGHES Builders and agents always respond to market pressures. And people now are more demanding because so...
BLANCHE EVANS In order for that to be viable, there has to be places to go and things to do, so you can look forwa...
BLANCHE EVANS Otherwise, they want it to be an easy drive.
BLANCHE EVANS I am thankful for my life and that we are all safe. But I'm very depressed, and I don't know where w...
BLANCHE EDGARSON We're actually having practice today.
BLANCHE ARAKAKI We're very excited for the girls. They played really hard, and they never gave up. This game meant a...
BLANCHE ARAKAKI We know there's racism out there. We know there are racist people. We need to let everyone know this...
BLANCHE HUGHES Don't allow yourself to get into the habit of dressing carelessly when there is 'only' your husband ...
BLANCHE EBBUTT At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on ou...
BLANCHE LINCOLN If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.
BLANCHE LINCOLN In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of ...
BLANCHE LINCOLN Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.
BLANCHE LINCOLN I am not normally a betting person, but I say that putting your money on the American people is abou...
BLANCHE LINCOLN We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workp...
BLANCHE LINCOLN It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality.
BLANCHE LINCOLN It would be difficult to define the limits of his reading.
BLANCHE E.C. DUGDALE In 1970 I realized that the Sixties were passing me by. I had never even smoked a joint, or slept wi...
BLANCHE MCCRARY BOYD I would be writing an essay that was due in the next day until about 1 A.M., and then I would be up ...
FELICITY JONES Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poet...
QUINCY JONES It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows...
SHIRLEY JONES I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical natur...
JEFFREY JONES I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they ...
GEORGE JONES I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
TAYARI JONES Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.
TAYARI JONES Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.
TAYARI JONES My first novel, 'Leaving Atlanta,' took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the c...
TAYARI JONES I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I star...
TAYARI JONES I do have a sister - I have two sisters.
TAYARI JONES When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an e...
TAYARI JONES I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
TAYARI JONES I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.
TAYARI JONES I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, whe...
TAYARI JONES When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catc...
TAYARI JONES I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field o...
TAYARI JONES I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 ho...
TAMALA JONES I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
TAMALA JONES I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
TAMALA JONES The expectations were low for 'Castle;' people thought we'd be one season and done.
TAMALA JONES I definitely love 'Camelot.' It's my favorite show. I'm a big 'True Blood' f...
TAMALA JONES I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around b...
TAMALA JONES People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my J...
TAMALA JONES I hid the fact that I had an aneurysm for a very long time. I was embarrassed, and I just felt like ...
TAMALA JONES I can go into a restaurant; I might have to go a few times, taste something, love it and figure out ...
TAMALA JONES I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
TAMALA JONES I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
TAMALA JONES For me, to do a reality show is like sending myself to actor's graveyard. I feel like I should w...
TAMALA JONES I'm a little goofy sometimes; I can get a little wacky.
TAMALA JONES I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the res...
DAVY JONES You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't b...
VAN JONES Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin...
VAN JONES I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explai...
VAN JONES I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a...
JACK JONES I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get...
JACK JONES Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
JACK JONES I particularly like Hershey's chocolate, the kind which has almonds in it.
JACK JONES When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no ...
JACK JONES I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONES I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.
CHUCK JONES I always have a positive reaction to Times Square - you've got so many people passing through he...
DHANI JONES I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to le...
GRACE JONES I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress...
GRACE JONES I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
ORLANDO JONES Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a persona...
ORLANDO JONES Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.
ORLANDO JONES I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making...
ORLANDO JONES That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero,...
ORLANDO JONES Most of my friends between 21 and 31 are at different stages of figuring out what the hell they are ...
ORLANDO JONES You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's t...
ORLANDO JONES You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
QUINCY JONES I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just c...
QUINCY JONES I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that ...
QUINCY JONES It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
QUINCY JONES I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the m...
QUINCY JONES If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
QUINCY JONES I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute...
QUINCY JONES I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of...
QUINCY JONES Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white p...
QUINCY JONES We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probab...
QUINCY JONES I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her be...
QUINCY JONES Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it&#...
QUINCY JONES A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top ...
QUINCY JONES Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
QUINCY JONES I don't ever want to grow up. That's boring.
QUINCY JONES I've never been bored in my life, man. I've never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No ...
QUINCY JONES I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long t...
QUINCY JONES You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
QUINCY JONES I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of al...
QUINCY JONES I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed,...
QUINCY JONES Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
QUINCY JONES Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
LESLIE JONES In 'Hell Ride,' I play a biker - it's about the bikers. It's with Dennis Hopper and ...
VINNIE JONES It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict...
GRACE JONES I like men. I like the sound of their voices, the way they think. They're more sensitive than wo...
CAROLYN JONES I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.
CHUCK JONES The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.
DAVY JONES You wouldn't want to see the size of the check that I would write if it would for sure get the D...
JERRY JONES The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young...
KELLY JONES When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are...
DHANI JONES I think we're very lucky that there is a tradition of British actors working in America and bein...
FELICITY JONES The good, old-fashioned family can help. Students learn by example, and if their parents, aunts, unc...
AL JONES That's a worry, because we have seen the intensity of students playing video games, watching TV more...
AL JONES It's the personal, intimate nature of books. It's hard to curl up with a computer.
AL JONES Somebody must have run a red light, I'm thinking that's the Honda based on preliminary reports.
AL JONES He was kind of the old-style beat cop. He took care of his area; he really felt responsible for his ...
AL JONES We talked in the locker room about how we've improved so much. That's what you want a young group to...
AL JONES We dug ourselves a hole pretty deep and just couldn't get back out of it. We didn't score a field go...
AL JONES When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the mu...
ADAM JONES In the time between records, I always have lots of stuff going on. I shoot photography, make little ...
ADAM JONES I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
ADAM JONES Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.
ADAM JONES I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
ADAM JONES I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes...
ADAM JONES I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
ADAM JONES I'm not a good guitar player.
ADAM JONES If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.
ADAM JONES Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
ADAM JONES My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
ADAM JONES That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid st...
ADAM JONES We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that i...
ADAM JONES With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
ADAM JONES I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and th...
ADAM JONES I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
ADAM JONES That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
ADAM JONES We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.
ADAM JONES I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
ADAM JONES I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.
ADAM JONES I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand...
ADAM JONES Fine art is really something I want to get into.
ADAM JONES I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
ADAM JONES Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, ...
ADAM JONES As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
ADAM JONES I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
ADAM JONES The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the ear...
DEAN JONES Working with kids in Soweto in South Africa, it's rough out there. But the bottom line is you...
QUINCY JONES I listen to a lot of Christian music, and reading my Bible calms me down immensely.
LOLO JONES Film directing is really undermined if you attempt to do it by committee because there has to be a s...
DUNCAN JONES My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It...
VINNIE JONES When it's the caliber of fight that Canelo Alvarez and Liam Smith is, that's a big deal, and...
JERRY JONES After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at sch...
SHIRLEY JONES I've perfected the art of busting on people. That's how comedians show each other love.
LESLIE JONES I can tell you, I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great par...
JERRY JONES I would doubt, if you call the governor, that he would supply to you his correspondence with his chi...
ALAN JONES I think most any legislator would probably be most happy to talk to anyone about their draft legisla...
ALAN JONES We have been trying to secure Ryan's services for quite a while now but, due to other commitments, h...
ALAN JONES KP would have loved that.
ALAN JONES He stood for something they loved. They admired the swagger about him.
ALAN JONES The innings were too short, but there were a lot of runs.
ALAN JONES Two years ago, I kept all the tires we replaced from potholes in one week and there was a pile of ab...
ALAN JONES I think everybody who's on that task force is there because they have concerns about that proposal.
ALAN JONES Both Christian and Will displayed a great deal of maturity in getting the setup right on the car.
ALAN JONES It's quite unfortunate Will had the crash on his third lap this morning, however the pleasing aspect...
ALAN JONES If it's something quite low-key then I'll often do my own makeup. But for something like a p...
FELICITY JONES I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
FELICITY JONES The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come ...
FELICITY JONES I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it...
FELICITY JONES My grandmother has dementia, and my mother is looking after her as her primary caregiver. Seeing the...
FELICITY JONES I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I lo...
FELICITY JONES I actually always had short hair as a kid, and it's really liberating. I recommend it. It's ...
FELICITY JONES