You're not going to have experts in fire protection on the town board.
BRAD PINSKY This is our definite plan and it is supported by every active fire fighter. If there is so much crit...
BRAD PINSKY For a lot of people, well-meaning teaching has made poetry seem arcane, difficult, a kind of brown-k...
ROBERT PINSKY I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-scho...
ROBERT PINSKY Sometimes the ideas that mean the most to you will feel true long before you can quite formulate the...
ROBERT PINSKY I think art is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence, I think it's ...
ROBERT PINSKY If you want to make films, you'll watch Kurosawa. If you want to play a violin, you listen to Se...
ROBERT PINSKY All questions of process require an answer that begins with a very important sentence, and the sente...
ROBERT PINSKY Shirt"

The back, the yoke, the yardage. Lapped seams,
The nearly invisible stitches ...
ROBERT PINSKY The best anthology is the one each reader compiles, personally, according to his or her judgment, pl...
ROBERT PINSKY 'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate b...
ROBERT PINSKY The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about what's in st...
ROBERT PINSKY When I was a kid, there was unhappiness in my family - was dealt with partly by escaping to televisi...
ROBERT PINSKY Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to onesel...
ROBERT PINSKY For an American, there's no automatic place where people love the art of poetry. There's not...
ROBERT PINSKY Method involves a slavish addiction to laws, and we can only aspire to anarchy.
ROBERT PINSKY I love form, but I'm not interested in forms. I've never written a sonnet or villanelle or s...
ROBERT PINSKY The best argument for teaching poetry is to put a three-year-old or a four-year-old and read Dr. Seu...
ROBERT PINSKY As we keep improving, we'll get better players as we start to put Penn tennis on the map.
JASON PINSKY When I decided to transfer here [from Vanderbilt], I was looking for a school with good tennis and g...
JASON PINSKY Our two companies will leverage growth opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs as engin...
MARK PINSKY I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss ...
BRAD PITT Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans valu...
BRAD HENRY We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans th...
BRAD HENRY The worst thing we can do is to do nothing.
BRAD HENRY In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.
BRAD HENRY The only thing holding us back is ourselves.
BRAD HENRY The status quo is simply unacceptable.
BRAD HENRY Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
BRAD HENRY For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opp...
BRAD HENRY It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we ...
BRAD HENRY It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach thei...
BRAD HENRY Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.
BRAD HENRY No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce i...
BRAD HENRY Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.
BRAD HENRY What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family ...
BRAD HENRY A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.
BRAD HENRY There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.
BRAD HENRY No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is...
BRAD HENRY Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is bo...
BRAD STONE I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
BRAD PITT It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly try...
BRAD FELD No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the e...
BRAD HENRY Scarves, mittens, and hats are a great way to express your personality in the cold weather.
BRAD GORESKI While I live a busy life, the pace ebbs and flows.
BRAD FELD Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - j...
BRAD GORESKI Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm...
BRAD PAISLEY In some ways, it's better that Obama got elected than McCain. I'd rather be stabbed in the c...
BRAD THOR I shop online mostly. I like to shop from the comfort of my own home without a sales person bugging ...
BRAD GORESKI At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about t...
BRAD PITT Think about it for a brief moment. Suspend disbelief. Wind the clock forward 100 years. Do you think...
BRAD FELD My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family member...
BRAD PAISLEY It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.
BRAD GARRETT Every good day starts off with a cappuccino, and there's no place better to enjoy some frothy ca...
BRAD GORESKI I look and there's our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in...
BRAD PITT When it comes to underwear, there's nothing worse than a visible panty line. Sometimes it seems ...
BRAD GORESKI St. Louis has a great startup scene and a vibrant business community.
BRAD FELD Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hote...
BRAD GILBERT I think 'Shoe Dog' by Phil Knight is the best memoir I've ever read by a business person...
BRAD FELD I wonder if, as the tech to deliver content continues to evolve, we will start seeing the one season...
BRAD FELD I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 shou...
BRAD SCHNEIDER Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wea...
BRAD HOLLAND For a long time, I've ranted against naming your startup community 'Silicon Whatever.' I...
BRAD FELD Boulder is a very smart community.
BRAD FELD My wife is a writer. She grew up in Alaska. She told me she was moving to Boulder and that I could c...
BRAD FELD When I used to have braces, I would match my rubber bands to the season.
BRAD GORESKI In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about...
BRAD PITT knocking the other guy out. It's just getting in there and participating. So we wanted to keep it lo...
BRAD PITT [In fact, all he’ll offer is a simple] No, Iâ€Ã...
BRAD PITT [They flew on a supply helicopter and visited a tent camp for survivors. Pitt announced that he woul...
BRAD PITT My week consists ... five days out of the seven I've got at least three cars of paparazzi on me that...
BRAD PITT We're telling more about not behaving as a spectator, ... More the point of the story is to get in a...
BRAD PITT My beard is staying because it covers my bum shaped chin!' - Discussing his much discussed beard
BRAD PITT Billy Idol called... he wants his look back.
BRAD PITT Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen." .
BRAD PITT I'm on my own little quest. You get a handful of scripts each year, and you find one that's interest...
BRAD PITT By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme povert...
BRAD PITT Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
BRAD PITT I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth.
BRAD PITT We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We ...
BRAD MELTZER I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.
BRAD PITT Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone li...
BRAD PAISLEY What is needed is an all-out science project to get vehicles off of gasoline, rather than off of the...
BRAD SHERMAN There are lots of lessons to learn from Amazon. Never stop innovating or questioning the fundamental...
BRAD STONE Technology doesn't address everything - for example, air travel still sucks.
BRAD FELD Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.
BRAD PITT Ultimately, the goal is to use acquisitions to compress time on product development and get people o...
BRAD FELD At the Academy Awards every year, there are best-dressed stars - and worst-dressed stars. But it'...
BRAD GORESKI Overall, we've lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars pl...
BRAD GORESKI Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard,...
BRAD HENRY A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
BRAD HENRY You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have ...
BRAD GARRETT Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our com...
BRAD HENRY If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.
BRAD HENRY I love everything about the holidays: the decorations, the parties, and spending time with friends a...
BRAD GORESKI Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the ...
BRAD PITT A slick ponytail is a great way to add a modern, minimal look to your outfit.
BRAD GORESKI Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have ...
BRAD BIRD That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
BRAD PAISLEY I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perha...
BRAD CARSON If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.
BRAD SHERMAN Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilie...
BRAD HENRY Anyone with a pension or retirement is an investor in the stock market.
BRAD KATSUYAMA If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren't focused enough on the road in front...
BRAD PAISLEY There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.
BRAD THOR If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film...
BRAD DOURIF We're so complex; we're mysteries to ourselves; we're difficult to each other. And then ...
BRAD PITT I have this fantasy of my older days, painting or sculpting or making things. I have this fantasy of...
BRAD PITT I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they&...
BRAD PITT I was a little chubby, rosy-cheeked kid.
BRAD GORESKI When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people...
BRAD WENSTRUP When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair ...
BRAD PITT Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.
BRAD PAISLEY The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out D...
BRAD THOR What's valuable to me has become clearer as I've got older. To me, it's about the value ...
BRAD PITT What I believe in and the way I work with my clients is we're so quick to say what we don't ...
BRAD GORESKI Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards.
BRAD THOR You have to realize I grew up in a real hockey town. And there I was wearing bow ties and watching t...
BRAD GORESKI I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.
BRAD BIRD I would say my whole universe is probably categorized as guerilla marketing. For a long time, I had ...
BRAD FELD I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight l...
BRAD MELTZER I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent.
BRAD BIRD Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer...
BRAD WENSTRUP St. Louis is a good example of a vibrant city. Having stayed in a hotel in 2011 overlooking Cardinal...
BRAD FELD December used to be very difficult for me. For many years, I fought the transition to the new year, ...
BRAD FELD Obviously, sometimes I just feel like looking like a box of crayons.
BRAD GORESKI It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oi...
BRAD SHERMAN If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people a...
BRAD BIRD I'm a strong believer that you can build great companies in time of both greed and fear. But you...
BRAD FELD I know what it's like and how hard my assistants work, and I try to treat them as fair as possib...
BRAD GORESKI It's very rare that I get really upset about something my assistants have done.
BRAD GORESKI I want to keep my clients happy, and the pressure's on me as the boss to manage my three assista...
BRAD GORESKI When you're an assistant, you're executing the wishes of your boss.
BRAD GORESKI You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers wit...
BRAD PITT Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiograph...
BRAD FELD Authors should do multiple submissions to agents. I mean, that's the way the business world work...
BRAD THOR Certainly the attrition rate of Hollywood couples looms large.
BRAD PITT As an Old Navy style attendant, I'm all about upgrading your bare basics and presenting them to ...
BRAD GORESKI I know a lot of companies that have a very well defined post-acquisition process. However, many of t...
BRAD FELD I believe that things should be let go once they are discussed. Apology accepted. End of story.
BRAD GORESKI From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are y...
BRAD THOR That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm inter...
BRAD BIRD Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.
BRAD HOLLAND My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never...
BRAD PITT As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who str...
BRAD SHERMAN Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1...
BRAD THOR I was not expecting my sister to ask me to be her best man. I was so honored.
BRAD GORESKI Let us be bold. Let us be brave. Let us be together.
BRAD HENRY My view was, if I didn't like Boulder, I'd keep going west, except I never really wanted to ...
BRAD FELD Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the ...
BRAD RENFRO I loved playing with Barbies - that's why I didn't stop!
BRAD GORESKI Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.
BRAD PAISLEY After the Berlin Wall came down and Communism was on the run, I looked around and wondered what the ...
BRAD THOR This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us ...
BRAD HENRY No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in w...
BRAD STONE I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I...
BRAD PITT I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is b...
BRAD PITT When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. The...
BRAD PITT You see, it doesn't matter if they're wrong. From 9/11 to recent shootings here in the United States...
BRAD MELTZER She dumped me for the worst reason of all. For absolutely no reason at all...I mean, if she fell in ...
BRAD MELTZER What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all a...
BRAD THOR Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.
BRAD PAISLEY Let me make this very clear: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, our digital exhaust is being sucked up b...
BRAD THOR I was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously, or would stop respecting me, if I talked about h...
BRAD FELD Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most i...
BRAD HOLLAND While I'd like to be able to simply do all of my financings with a handshake or, possibly, on a ...
BRAD FELD While I've had plenty of ups and downs, dealt with my share of failure, and struggled through em...
BRAD FELD The biggest misconception about us is that we're just a rock band. We think our music is a cross...
BRAD DELSON What I'm looking for in my interaction is critical thinking on the part of the person pitching t...
BRAD FELD there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.
BRAD MELTZER Sarah had a good all-around game for us. She had a lot of goals, obviously, but she also played well...
BRAD ELLEBRACHT Actually, it was a good exercise for us because we had to play into a strong wind, which really affe...
BRAD ELLEBRACHT We never really played with any urgency throughout the game.
BRAD ELLEBRACHT The first three games of the series were frustrating for me. I was missing some pitches that I norma...
BRAD ELDRED It's good, especially against a team like them who has handled us this season.
BRAD ELDRED I'm taking it like I'm trying to make the team. I think that's how you have to approach it. I don't ...
BRAD ELDRED I thought it went OK. I got my feet wet and was able to kind of establish myself a little bit. I did...
BRAD ELDRED It was definitely nice to walk into a clubhouse and see a lot of the faces you came up with. It help...
BRAD ELDRED For a younger guy, it makes you feel better that the future's not that far away. As long as you do w...
BRAD ELDRED Both pitchers were in a groove. They were both hitting their spots and keeping the ball down in the ...
BRAD ELDRED Rex Sharp went over to Aaron and put his arms crossed, stood back and said that there was nothing to...
BRAD EKWEREKWU At this time we're not necessarily just starting from scratch, but we have a lot of experience comin...
BRAD EKWEREKWU The season looks a lot better. You have a championship in your hand, a winning record, you're not .5...
BRAD EKWEREKWU A lot of guys were really emotional this week (about) A.O., and we tried to pay tribute to him as mu...
BRAD EKWEREKWU He's definitely aching to get back and I think this week is a great time for him to come back.
BRAD EKWEREKWU We have to come together when one of our guys goes down, especially a leader, an older guy in the gr...
BRAD EKWEREKWU I wouldn't be surprised if the institutions, such as pensions and endowments that have been plowing ...
BRAD DURHAM The 27-week inflow streak into Japan equity funds ended this week as accounting irregularities at an...
BRAD DURHAM It's mainly due to the performance of mainland Chinese equities.
BRAD DURHAM Economic fundamentals are still solid. Investors continue to put more money into emerging market in ...
BRAD DURHAM Institutions appear to be allocating to emerging market equity funds after market corrections, which...
BRAD DURHAM I think I am going to win again. I like to play number games, I like to watch patterns, and I have c...
BRAD DUKE making that a huge event.
BRAD DUKE Sports were a big part of my life, and it truly shaped me and the values and morals I have from that...
BRAD DUKE I'm up to $12,000 a day. And that's without any input from the asset allocation plan,
BRAD DUKE Who knows? Maybe they are right here with us.
BRAD DUKE What do you think the rich people are doing today?
BRAD DUKE The number one brand attribute at the time Napster was shut down was innovation. The second highest ...
BRAD DUEA The beauty of our collaboration with the members of Team Napster is the opportunities we create for ...
BRAD DUEA The beauty of our collaboration with the members of Team Napster is the opportunities we create for ...
BRAD DUEA