Graydon Carter Quotes

Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the North Atlantic, and John Cabot discovered America by looking for cod.

Graydon Carter

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WorldLookingAmericaDiscoveryNew

You can't help parts of yourself leaking into other characters.

Joanna Trollope

YourselfHelpYouCharactersParts

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

John Bunyan

QuietComfortGoldenWillMindsUs

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

John Abizaid

PoliticalEnvironmentViolenceCreate

All holidays can be good times.

John Clayton

GoodGood TimesHolidaysTimes

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

Stephen Hopkins

BirthdayWaitingPeopleMeNight

No person ever gave me nothing but God.

Suge Knight

GodMePersonNothingEverGave

I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions.

Tracy Anderson

PeopleResearchThinkDoingResults

I hate to say it, but, yeah, I'm a tobacco junkie.

Tony Gwynn

HateSayTobaccoYeah

I think looks do matter on television.

Joy Behar

ThinkTelevisionLooksMatter

Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.

Chris Christie

LoveChildrenBelieveRichAmerica

I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband.

Brian Littrell

FatherI AmHusbandPersonKnowWho

We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order.

Asa Gray

KnowledgeDownObservationDutyMay

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