Bill Dedman Quotes

Cincinnati attracted its first permanent white settlers by flatboat in 1788. It took its name from the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary officers. That name came from Cincinnatus, the Roman farmer and general.

Bill Dedman

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OrganizationSocietyNameFarmer

Thank you... preseason football, for having all the excitement, commercials, and time-outs of the regular season, but with none of the mattering. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Jimmy Fallon

FootballThank YouAppreciateYou

We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.

John Pearson

LifeTogetherRestFeetSayNothing

'Still Clean' discusses the hopelessness of waiting for someone who's abandoned you.

Soccer Mommy

WaitingSomeoneYouCleanAbandoned

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.

Tracy Kidder

LifeCommitmentMy LifeThreeTwo

But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us.

Rose Schneiderman

TimeLawStrongDownKnowHand

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity.

Michael Mullen

PeopleThinkMissionGravityProtect

Travelling, and being paid for it, is just great.

Michael Palin

GreatBeingPaidJustTravelling

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.

DJ Khaled

BusinessYouKeepGoingGotta

If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.

Derek Jeter

NameAttentionPay AttentionPayPut

On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.

Donna Tartt

BusinessWritingLonelyHandMean

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.

Boris Pasternak

LifeTruthEnoughDownEmbraceOver

I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun came up in the east.

Thomas Griffith

SunBelieveSaidHimUpHe

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