You don't have to poke a hole to find out the depth.
TOM NOONAN Some areas [of Sebago] have adequate ice, but there are some areas where the ice is inadequate. By o...
TOM NOONAN Eighty-five to ninety percent of our nation's critical infrastructure systems are owned by the priva...
TOM NOONAN I've drilled fewer holes. It's more that it has saved me a lot of aggravation about finding where to...
TOM NOONAN I think that's what happens when you get scared, and you're rushing, and you don't have ...
TOM NOONAN Eighty-five to ninety percent of our nation's critical information systems are owned by the private ...
TOM NOONAN If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; ...
PEGGY NOONAN My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chos...
PEGGY NOONAN Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the...
PEGGY NOONAN Read good, big important things.
PEGGY NOONAN Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are...
PEGGY NOONAN Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.
PEGGY NOONAN Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something miss...
PEGGY NOONAN I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from ...
PEGGY NOONAN You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone.
PEGGY NOONAN Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents...
PEGGY NOONAN If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be...
PEGGY NOONAN Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
PEGGY NOONAN Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known o...
PEGGY NOONAN If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do y...
PEGGY NOONAN Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who p...
PEGGY NOONAN Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don'...
PEGGY NOONAN Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.
PEGGY NOONAN Part of courage is simple consistency.
PEGGY NOONAN I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat...
PEGGY NOONAN Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions.
PEGGY NOONAN The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so m...
PEGGY NOONAN You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don...
PEGGY NOONAN I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock....
PEGGY NOONAN What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that thos...
PEGGY NOONAN The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what a...
PEGGY NOONAN I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the fla...
PEGGY NOONAN Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice - like a beautiful, softly swinging hammoc...
PEGGY NOONAN Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination ope...
PEGGY NOONAN The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be ha...
PEGGY NOONAN The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track o...
PEGGY NOONAN The first pick was flawless.
CAROL NOONAN It is disingenuous and untrue ... to say this mine is about to open and has all the approvals to ope...
DAVID NOONAN Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known o...
PEGGY NOONAN Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination opera...
PEGGY NOONAN I believe it is fair to say most Republicans did not think George W. Bush was motivated to run for t...
PEGGY NOONAN Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.
PEGGY NOONAN Does he know in his gut that the existence of looting, chaos and disease in a great American city, o...
PEGGY NOONAN The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them...
PEGGY NOONAN Without substance, the speech will perish,
PEGGY NOONAN Let's cause some senators distress.
PEGGY NOONAN A great speech is literature.
PEGGY NOONAN [One study involved killer whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. An inventive ma...
MICHAEL NOONAN China is not accountable and is not transparent.
DAVID NOONAN For many years we have supplied video processing equipment to markets throughout China. We were prou...
BOB NOONAN The whale spit fish at the surface of the pool and then sank below and waited. The gull came down to...
MICHAEL NOONAN Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Ne...
PEGGY NOONAN Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don'...
PEGGY NOONAN I'm trying not to think about it, because we've got a big game in New York. Going into their home op...
PAT NOONAN The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so m...
PEGGY NOONAN A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, ...
PEGGY NOONAN The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happ...
PEGGY NOONAN The crane got stuck and stuck and stuck.
CAROL NOONAN Mike Dow deserves more than a nod here. Rather than put (the property) on the market, he wanted to f...
JOHN NOONAN These candidates . . . have had a debate every night, it seems. If people don't know who their candi...
BOB NOONAN I think it could set some trends.
BOB NOONAN The plan was for him to stay in sight. Unfortunately the perpetrator changed the plans and Mr. D'Sou...
FRANK NOONAN Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.
DANIEL NOONAN We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life...
PEGGY NOONAN Puck takes a wrong turn and they end up in the forest of Athens on the Hollywood set, instead of the...
ED NOONAN It was a really Hollywood production and the movie itself reflects that.
ED NOONAN It's like your taking twice the dose and you don't know it. You can't tell by looking at it.
FRANK NOONAN There were certain code words they used to determine he was fine, that he had no problem whatsoever....
FRANK NOONAN My personal belief is Smoke intended to kill this fellow. We had a plan, but the murderer had a plan...
FRANK NOONAN I knew previously they had a scrimmage and I talked to a coach who was at the scrimmage. (He) said t...
JAY NOONAN We've still got quite a few sophomores that are in there for the first time playing their first vars...
JAY NOONAN It's always key to start strong. Last year, we went 0-3, so this is key for us. I feel that it's imp...
JAY NOONAN It's a matter that DEC is looking into. We don't have any of the details on that. All we were told w...
PATRICK NOONAN It looked liked one was watching while the other tried,
MICHAEL NOONAN In general, humans have long pictured themselves as separate from nature, but one of the lessons tha...
MICHAEL NOONAN George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending Bill. When Congress serves up a big ...
PEGGY NOONAN Both destiny and free will exist simultaneously. You are destined to be given some opportunities but...
TOM TOM During times of hardship people find happiness in simplest pleasures
TOM TOM Am I good enough?
Trust.
TOM The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this ...
TOM REISS Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they ca...
TOM LANDRY There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail aro...
TOM HANKS Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
TOM CRUISE Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
TOM CRUISE Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomo...
TOM CRUISE When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. ...
TOM CRUISE I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.
TOM CRUISE I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybod...
TOM CRUISE When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that include...
TOM CRUISE Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right t...
TOM CRUISE I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and ta...
TOM CRUISE If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ...
TOM CRUISE Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
TOM CRUISE What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture,...
TOM CRUISE I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.
TOM CRUISE As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I...
TOM CRUISE The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell yo...
TOM CRUISE The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you sur...
TOM CRUISE I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&...
TOM CRUISE I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot o...
TOM CRUISE I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn'...
TOM CRUISE Do I make mistakes? Yeah.
TOM CRUISE I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a littl...
TOM CRUISE I go without sleep, I just go hard.
TOM CRUISE When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to...
TOM CRUISE Football is unconditional love.
TOM BRADY My favorite meal has always been fried chicken.
TOM WATSON The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.
TOM HIDDLESTON Eighteenth-century doctors prescribed sugar pills for nearly everything: heart problems, headache, c...
TOM REISS Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
KIANA TOM Good things, when short, are twice as good.
TOM STOPPARD Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper...
TOM STOPPARD The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe th...
TOM STOPPARD I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
TOM STOPPARD My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
TOM STOPPARD The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; ...
TOM STOPPARD I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones...
TOM STOPPARD Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
TOM STOPPARD Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
TOM STOPPARD All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. An...
TOM STOPPARD Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
TOM STOPPARD The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with t...
TOM STOPPARD For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clea...
TOM STOPPARD Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
TOM STOPPARD Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
TOM CONTI I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quart...
TOM CRUISE Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibil...
TOM BRADY Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all...
TOM BRADY Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ...
TOM BRADY The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
TOM BRADY I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
TOM BRADY So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they me...
TOM BRADY If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
TOM BRADY My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe t...
TOM BRADY There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look fo...
TOM BRADY I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, y...
TOM BRADY I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch...
TOM BRADY You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help th...
TOM BRADY The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
TOM BRADY When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.
TOM BRADY I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'...
TOM BRADY Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geome...
TOM DELONGE I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
TOM BRADY What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and t...
TOM COTTON So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlis...
TOM LANTOS I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie ser...
TOM HOLLAND Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crust...
TOM DOUGLAS I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowi...
TOM CRUISE I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool...
TOM HIDDLESTON Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Ever...
TOM WAITS Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.
TOM DOUGLAS You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, eac...
TOM RIDGE America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness a...
TOM HARKIN My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've p...
TOM DOUGLAS I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Purita...
TOM FORD Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema...
TOM HANKS I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES We are set to make very bad history.
TOM WILSON These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.
TOM WILSON If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?...
TOM WILSON What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.
TOM WILSON The waist is a terrible thing to mind.
TOM WILSON Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
TOM WILSON If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've l...
TOM WILSON Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!
TOM WILSON Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.
TOM WILSON There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past.
TOM WILSON Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.
TOM WILSON About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
TOM WILSON If I ever had an out-of-body experience - I'd try to come back to a different one.
TOM WILSON I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.
TOM WILSON Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.
TOM WILSON A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range!
TOM WILSON Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.
TOM WOLFE It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
TOM STOPPARD Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.
TOM WOLFE Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of disease...
TOM ALLEN Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards,...
TOM HANKS Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. B...
TOM STOPPARD Everybody who is anyone wanted to meet a real life gangster, and here's Joey Gallo hitting the s...
TOM FOLSOM The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
TOM LANDRY From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can lite...
TOM STOPPARD No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned w...
TOM WATSON Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what i...
TOM WATSON Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick invo...
TOM PETTY I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term w...
TOM STOPPARD Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.
TOM LEHRER I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
TOM HANKS Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.
TOM WAITS A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.
TOM STOPPARD I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has f...
TOM COTTON When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I...
TOM STOPPARD We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
TOM STOPPARD The notion that the 'leader' has the right to ask huge sacrifices of your generation for a n...
TOM STOPPARD The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bi...
TOM ODELL After the first day of practice, there's not one guy who's playing at 100 percent or who fee...
TOM BRADY There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance E...
TOM ROBBINS I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I...
TOM FORD When I was a reporter in Bristol, which I was between the years 1954 and 1960, the newspaper would g...
TOM STOPPARD In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student pro...
TOM STOPPARD