Mark Lewis was the tale of two city managers: He was the best we ever had and he was the worst we ever had.


Councilman Clem Lee

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ASHLEY REED
It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irre...
CASSANDRA CLARE
It was the worst fall I've ever seen. He was never unconscious. He was in shock. He didn't even know...
MARK MACGOWAN
He was an energetic player. In the year we practiced, I never saw anybody steal the ball from him. H...
BYRON LARKIN
He brought out the worst in me, and was the best thing that ever happened to me.
COCO J. GINGER
It's the best idea Larry ever had. Brings in lots of young kids. Best idea he's ever had. Except me,...
CONNIE DERRY
He was the worst farmer of anyone I ever knew.
BURR UDALL
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
He was the most enthusiastic officer I've ever seen in my life. We got him four months out of the ac...
SGT. RICHARD MENDEZ
He was ready. He was determined. He was the best student I ever had. He was such a learner. And he w...
WILLIAM KENNEDY
It's certainly not exact. We know it was the best year ever and the most people that we've ever had.
SALLIE AUSLEY
Sammy Baugh embodied all we aspire to at the Washington Redskins. He was a competitor in everything ...
DANIEL SNYDER
And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it?
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No Face... a pe...
DEYTH BANGER
The worst thing I've ever had in here was a fetus.
DAN ISTVAN
But it was probably one of the worst defensive performances I've ever had.
JEFF TEAGUE
If Peyton saw it he has to be proud of him. Lee played great and it was one of the best I've ever se...
CHRIS RICHARD
Mark Hopkins was one of the truest and best men that ever lived. He had a keen analytical mind; was ...
COLLIS POTTER HUNTINGTON
The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had an...
ALAN GREENSPAN
The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about ...
GENE HACKMAN
James Lewis was the first athlete I ever coached who really touched my heart. He was a special, spec...
DALE MAYS
She was one of the best principals I've ever had.
ROBERT BURN
It was the best experience I've ever had. He is a complete artist and a total gentleman and a real f...
CHARLES SHYER
Lee said in the dressing room that it was the worst tackle ever and I wouldn't argue with that. It w...
MARTIN JOL
The monster was the best friend I ever had.
BORIS KARLOFF
The worst thing anyone ever said about Tommy was that he was a nice person.
BERT AMMERMAN
Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously na...
DAVID AXELROD
When we got him, he was a late 2-year-old, almost 3. (Previous trainers) tried to break him, but it ...
BRUCE MILLER
Ever since he had been a kid, he had wished and waited, and there had been no change except for the ...
JAMES T. FARRELL
He was happy. He said it was the best jam shot he's ever hit.
BARRY WEINBERG
The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
MANU BENNETT
It was clearly was the best year this organization has ever had.
HUNTER HARRISON
Two months ago he got a new pacemaker. After he got it, he joked that this was the best he ever felt...
KARL TURNER
President Kennedy was the greatest man I ever met, and the best friend I ever had.
DAVID POWERS
He's the best I ever had. And the worst thing that ever happened to me.
R.K. LILLEY
Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
KAREN JOY FOWLER
I've loved Michael Jackson since the minute I was born. He's probably the most talented pers...
ZENDAYA
This was definitely the best day of wrestling I've had -- ever.
MASON MAY
Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO
The crew in Australia was the best I ever had,
ROB COHEN
He was the best teammate I've ever been around.
ANDY MACPHAIL
He was the best player I ever played with.
WAYNE GRETZKY
It was the best time I've ever had in my life. We got along so well, the three of us,
DAX SHEPARD
He never was my best range player. He was probably the quickest guy I ever coached.
LARRY PENLEY
Best team I've ever played on. We had lights-out pitching all year, and everybody was crushing the b...
JOE MACK
You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh or see his smile and ...
CAL JR
You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh or see his smile and ...
CAL RIPKEN JR
We met a great many other interesting people, among them Lewis Carroll, author of the immortal "Alic...
MARK TWAIN
I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking ...
TINA WEYMOUTH
Tommy had completely forgotten that he was horny. He had always been horny, and had accepted that he...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
He was an exceptional leader who was unselfish, hardworking and dedicated. He truly loved the game. ...
WAYNE GRETZKY
He was probably the best-blocking running back I ever saw. He was just an outstanding player who alw...
DON HEWITT
Wonderland was all we had in common, after all; Wonderland was what was denied the two of us. I had ...
MELANIE BENJAMIN
And you know what the worst thing was?
The worst thing was that nobody ever believed how hard w...
JACK MCCARTHY
The best sex I have ever had was with my vibrator.
EVA LONGORIA
They said he had a gun. No gun was ever found.
TOMMY LEE
My hat's off to Mark Martin, ... He almost won this race. It was only the tires that beat him; he ha...
CARL EDWARDS
My dad was an amazing father. He was very loving and supportive. He was the best dad you could ever ...
KRISTIN HAWKINS
If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o...
DEYTH BANGER
He won the two biggest tournaments and on the biggest stage performed the best. That was the best he...
BRIAN DEGAETANO
Did we have sex?" he asked directly.
For about two minutes, this might actually be fun. "Eric,"...
CHARLAINE HARRIS
He may have been best player I've ever seen and certainly was the best I've ever played with or agai...
BRETT FAVRE
Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective W...
BARTON GELLMAN
This was the worst night we've ever had shooting the basketball. They played a zone and we just coul...
BUSTER HARVEY
Mark pitched well. We had him on a pitch count, so when he struggled a little in the fourth, we figu...
TOM ARMSTRONG
Mark was always upbeat. He was always positive. He had a smile on his face.
DAN ANDERSON
I've coached some good hockey players, but he's the best player I've ever coached. This guy, I alway...
MIKE BABCOCK
Everything was the same. We had just as much intensity as we've ever had.
DWAYNE CURTIS
He said, 'Mark, he makes me feel like he's a college professor and I'm a kindergarten student,' ......
MARK REID
It's the closest ever. It might be the best year, too. The conditions were great - it was warm and t...
DAVE PENNEY
The best thing I ever did was the worst thing I never did.
PEGGY MARIE ATATISE
He was the difference in the game. We think he's probably the best player that ever stepped on this ...
DUSTIN LANZ
That was incredible. He has been focused on this since yesterday afternoon. He knew he had to come t...
GREG MCCLALLEN
I looked at him like he had three eyes. Ultimately though, if you look at the program now, he was ri...
ERIC HYMAN
When I think about Zeal, he was the most honest and fair man I had ever known.
CHUCK ALEXANDER
I would go anywhere to see Brooks Robinson. He was the best third baseman ever. Nobody played third ...
JERRY CARTER
Jesus of Nazareth was the most famous human being who ever lived on this planet, and he had no infra...
BILL O'REILLY
Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president...
SUSAN ESTRICH
Chris (Rodgers) is the best on-ball defender we have ever had. He has great feet and quick hands and...
LUTE OLSON
Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have '...
WAYLON JENNINGS
If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS...
If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS...
I was here last year, and this was the best barbecue I ever had. I had high expectations this year, ...
ED SNYDER
The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It shouldn't have mattered, not when Miel and the other girls in his class wore jeans more than they...
ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE
I think Chris was one of the most considerate men I ever knew. I don't know that he ever had a bad w...
BOB CHASE
He was the holiest person I've ever been in the presence of. It's hard to describe, other than he ha...
JERRY FRIEDMAN
The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the l...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
This was the best, most professional, most meticulous bid process we've ever had.
CRAIG MASBACK
The only justification that he ever gave for what was done to him was a generic 'I was bad' or 'I ha...
TIM BROWN
It was one of the most meaningful Christmases I've ever had. We appreciate what we have.
LIZ YOUNGWIRTH
One of the things I'd heard a lot was, 'He was the funniest comic we've ever had here in the six yea...
DOUG FERRARI
The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incr...
LL COOL J
That was the most money we had ever seen in this house.
LEROY ADCOCK
Working at the George Washington Bridge was probably the best job I ever had.
ERNESTO BUTCHER
This was the best golf we ever played.
GREG SIMMONS
I just think he was one of the nicest and funniest people I ever met. He had so many friends and inf...
CHIP YOUNG
Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, ...
DICK VAN DYKE
He's had that in the back of his mind ever since he was a freshman. And I knew going into this year ...
TIM ATWELL
Howard was a truly evil man. He is the worst sex offender I have ever dealt with,
COLIN MURRAY

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ALEXANDER CLEM
I don't know her body measurements. Never measured them.
CLEM METZ
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CLEM BURKE
Suddenly, with the advent of women in the music business, they began to realize Debbie's importance,
CLEM BURKE
It feels like a continuation of the Blondie sound. It's very eclectic. Our influences are not all mu...
CLEM BURKE
We had so many veteran players and to be in that clubhouse before the hubbub, ... Instead of throwin...
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And we have painted a skirt on her. Actually, the dress comes off. And she has a swimsuit underneath...
CLEM METZ
She's been good for business.
CLEM METZ
She just stands there -- like some employees.
CLEM METZ
She is 17 foot tall.
CLEM METZ
We got the biggest one here.
CLEM METZ
$200 or $250 a month.
CLEM LABINE
I love relief pitching, I truly do,
CLEM LABINE
Oh, yeah, I got it from the players too.
CLEM LABINE
To see how happy they were, ... that?s the feeling that happens to most people once in a lifetime if...
CLEM LABINE
John had confidence. He might have, he really might have said it.
CLEM LABINE
In my opinion the game could have been 3-2 or 4-2 in the second period. How many posts did we hit? T...
CLEM JODOIN
I'm not saying we are playing our best, but we're playing well. Consistency. Discipline. We're not g...
CLEM JODOIN
The biggest key is we're healthy, and we're ready to face the challenge. We've had good practices, g...
CLEM JODOIN
While few will predict $1000 an ounce, few would bet against it.
CLEM CHAMBERS
I actually don't mind it. It's the ultimate kind of pop art statement in a way, if you think about i...
CLEM BURKE
We didn't set out to imitate or parody ourselves.
CLEM BURKE
We have more acceptance and credibility from being away for so long. Our songs have a life of their ...
CLEM BURKE
We knew of it as it was happening. We knew the systems and the vehicle were fine, and we knew that w...
KYLIE CLEM
It's difficult, because things are stored away in a bag in a drawer behind a panel, and stuff might ...
KYLIE CLEM
They tested one side of thrusters and they'll look at when to test the other side.
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We have assisted the Office of the Attorney General with its probe into the matter.
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My little grandson just loves that little shallow area there.
COUNCILMAN FRANK LOPEZ
The reason we charge for parking and continue to charge for parking is that we have a lifeguard on d...
COUNCILMAN DAVID DRUKER
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COUNCILMAN ROGER FLORES
I have closed more liquor establishments than any council member in the history of that council.
COUNCILMAN MICHAEL POLENSEK
It's hard to fathom $80,000 just for a bid.
COUNCILMAN DAVE TAFOYA
I am hopeful someone will come forward with information, which will lead to the eventual apprehensio...
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
What I would like to see you say is no, and redo the developer's agreement. Why don't we stop and st...
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
That's the question we pondered.
COUNCILMAN KENNETH WROBEL
I think if we override, it's incumbent on us to say where we're going to go. We can't keep throwing ...
COUNCILMAN GARY OKINO
If he made commitments when running, he has to listen to them. I think having a dialogue with them i...
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
If you want to own a bar or tavern, you have to abide by local and state laws.
COUNCILMAN MICHAEL POLENSEK
Any money that comes to this city ... is needed to keep us afloat.
COUNCILMAN HENRY FICKLIN
I want to keep this in the forefront and keep it moving forward.
COUNCILMAN DAVID VENTO
I certainly don't want them in our parks and one of those parks happens to be in my ward. Let's face...
COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER
I really can't say for sure what the consensus might be at this time. Obviously, the (landlord ordin...
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
The difference between the new comprehensive plan and the old one is this one has a 'strategic actio...
COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER
When taxes come in, we're going to have another surplus of money. I don't know if we are doing right...
COUNCILMAN CHARLES MATTHEWS
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WILLIAM THOMAS COUNCILMAN
I spent eight hours here last week on this budget. When we left here you were ready to take a vote. ...
COUNCILMAN CHARLES MATTHEWS
The key is establishing probable cause. I think that's what we need to work on to make this thing wo...
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
The council is concerned about spending any amount of money on this.
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
What I like best is that we're including every member of the council, the mayor and the city attorne...
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
There's nothing preventing us from making stronger rules.
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
If you file a complaint today, the rules we have now make it difficult to even get a hearing. The po...
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
Anything we do should be in the spirit of transparency and open government.
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
Most of this council believes a stronger ethics code will go a long way toward promoting transparenc...
COUNCILMAN VAN PEARLBERG
I'll have a big smile on my face.
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
People are in business to make money, and I can't see why the city would subsidize those things.
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
We could pass an ordinance that accomplishes the same purpose. Then, it won't cost us anything.
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
We might as well buy the whole package.
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
We should do the event center parking.
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
The city's going to have to take care of this itself.
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
The only one I would really question was the need for the landscaping, but given it is only $100,000...
COUNCILMAN TOM POOLE
It raised some eyebrows, certainly raised some eyebrows with me. And I will do everything I can to m...
COUNCILMAN ROGER FLORES
We're trying to be a port for (entities) outside of San Antonio, outside of Texas, outside of the co...
COUNCILMAN ROGER FLORES
And you can even adopt a pet, not this one though.
COUNCILMAN ROGER FLORES
The council is challenged to work for the welfare of the city as a whole, not for a few individuals ...
COUNCILMAN NORMAN SUGARMAN
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COUNCILMAN NORMAN SUGARMAN
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COUNCILMAN NORMAN SUGARMAN
The ball lies in the administration's court.
COUNCILMAN MICHAEL POLENSEK
This is a long, long time coming. I want to get in it as soon as possible.
COUNCILMAN MICHAEL POLENSEK
It's been a sticky subject for a lot of the council for a long time, but I guess no one really wante...
COUNCILMAN KENNETH WROBEL
I think it's largely symbolic just to show that we're a small little city here in Flat Rock and we c...
COUNCILMAN KENNETH WROBEL
I am really taken aback by that. Just to single out churches is not fair.
COUNCILMAN HENRY FICKLIN
The balance sheet does not support (bonuses).
COUNCILMAN HENRY FICKLIN
This amounted to a raise.
COUNCILMAN HENRY FICKLIN
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COUNCILMAN HAL MARTIN
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COUNCILMAN HAL MARTIN
This means we are putting this project on the fast track. We have talked about this happening for 15...
COUNCILMAN HAL MARTIN
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COUNCILMAN HAL MARTIN
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COUNCILMAN HAL MARTIN
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COUNCILMAN HAL MARTIN
The current reorganization created more inefficiencies than the efficiencies that it was supposed to...
COUNCILMAN GARY OKINO
I think it's the best decision he could have made. I'm very supportive.
COUNCILMAN GARY OKINO
If he had another site, that would have been great, too.
COUNCILMAN GARY OKINO
You should bring in new people because you get new ideas, new enthusiasm.
COUNCILMAN GARY OKINO
I think he did pretty good, actually. He started off really good. I thought he did what he had to do...
COUNCILMAN GARY OKINO
I would hate to see a tree come down on a little kid ---- a little child ---- all because we didn't ...
COUNCILMAN FRANK LOPEZ
We need an up-to-date review. What went on two years ago is different than what's going on today.
COUNCILMAN FRANK LOPEZ
Our own people are going to other cities because we can't provide our own fields.
COUNCILMAN FRANK LOPEZ
We need an image change in our community here. If we don't build this today, in the future it'll cos...
COUNCILMAN FRANK LOPEZ
It's unfortunate, but we don't have any choice. We had a case here where an experienced detective ma...
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
We're going to continue our investigation into how an experienced detective working homicide could l...
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
Why should we pay if we're not culpable of anything? They're trying to hold the taxpayers responsibl...
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
I'm not prepared to pay $18 million to settle that case.
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
If he made commitments when running, he has to listen to them. I think having a dialogue with them i...
COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE
The police can't do anything if they don't know what's going on.
COUNCILMAN DAVID VENTO
I don't know if everybody's aware of what's going on.
COUNCILMAN DAVID VENTO
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COUNCILMAN DAVID PHELEN
I certainly am getting a multitude of comments on the street and e-mails from citizens saying he is ...
COUNCILMAN DAVID PHELEN
I think of the house you could build for ($900,000).
COUNCILMAN DAVID PHELEN
Businesses should do that themselves.
COUNCILMAN DAVID PHELEN
We should drop the program.
COUNCILMAN DAVID PHELEN
It's just a holiday gift to the residents and to all the visitors from throughout the world.
COUNCILMAN DAVID DRUKER
A bunch of insane, crazy people like me go into the water at 11 a.m. on Jan. 1 and then get doughnut...
COUNCILMAN DAVID DRUKER
If we would have gotten it, we would have been really surprised.
COUNCILMAN DAVID DEGEROLAMO
It would just create another chance for people to do things in our downtown area.
COUNCILMAN DAVID DEGEROLAMO
I have no regrets about that. I do what is best for the city of Roy.
COUNCILMAN DAVE TAFOYA
It's painful. No one likes to lose.
COUNCILMAN DAVE TAFOYA
It goes against what our comprehensive plan promotes. In the strategic action section, it talks abou...
COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER
Believe me, when I first heard that $28 million figure, I had trouble eating and sleeping for a few ...
COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER
There are multiple things wrong with it (the existing ordinance), it has regulations going back to t...
COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER
You try to scare the public.
COUNCILMAN CHARLES MATTHEWS
He is leading by his example of work and the effort he puts in. He's raised the level of expectation...
COUNCILMAN ROGER FLORES
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.
LEE CHILD
In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my ch...
JENNIFER LEE
Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgi...
SANDRA LEE
What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out tha...
AILEEN LEE
There's a McDonald's in the Louvre.
LEE RADZIWILL
I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was d...
AMY LEE
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our chil...
LEE HANEY
I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.
AMY LEE
I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, wh...
TANITH LEE
I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
TANITH LEE
I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don&#...
TANITH LEE
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Ma...
TANITH LEE
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone sa...
TANITH LEE
No one is ever ordinary.
TANITH LEE
I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most e...
TANITH LEE
I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
TANITH LEE
When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.
TANITH LEE
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to rev...
TANITH LEE
Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.
TANITH LEE
I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
TANITH LEE
I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as ...
TANITH LEE
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say i...
TANITH LEE
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
TANITH LEE
People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural b...
TANITH LEE
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm ...
TANITH LEE
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them....
TANITH LEE
I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. A...
TANITH LEE
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fictio...
TANITH LEE
Pirates have always fascinated me.
TANITH LEE
I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more d...
TANITH LEE
There is too little courtship in the world.
VERNON LEE
The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
VERNON LEE
Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of wa...
HARPER LEE
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
HARPER LEE
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it th...
HARPER LEE
You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
HARPER LEE
Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't ...
HARPER LEE
I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's ...
LEE TREVINO
There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Supe...
JIM LEE
It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
SPIKE LEE
Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ...
LEE DANIELS
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in ...
HARPER LEE
I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor a...
SPIKE LEE
Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.
BRANDON LEE
I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.
SPIKE LEE
Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still you...
ANNA LEE
I was a star in England, but I've never been a star in America. Now I am.
ANNA LEE
They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can ...
ANNA LEE
My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.
ANNA LEE
Yes, I'm a great believer in angels.
ANNA LEE
Every day that I get to step onto a set is a good day for me.
LEE NORRIS
If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not...
LEE TREVINO
That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it...
LAURIE LEE
I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to k...
LEE TREVINO
I was always in trouble. I was mischievous. And movies were always a part of my world.
LEE DANIELS
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
HARPER LEE
I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would lik...
HARPER LEE
I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. ...
LEE DANIELS
General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squ...
LEE SMOLIN
Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where rea...
HARPER LEE
I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge ...
TOMMY LEE
I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'.
BRANDON LEE
I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that...
AMY LEE
The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have...
ANG LEE
I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
LEE IACOCCA
There were so many things I couldn't do when my brother-in-law was president.
LEE RADZIWILL
I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre...
LEE DANIELS
The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It d...
JIM LEE
I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.
BARBARA LEE
We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they'...
BARBARA LEE
What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into somethi...
BARBARA LEE
I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against...
BARBARA LEE
The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our de...
BARBARA LEE
I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slop...
BARBARA LEE