A. Hodge Quotations

There are some businesses that have weeds and grass growing in front of the lots, cars with flat tires and cars parked on the sidewalks. We want to encourage the owners of the property to take care of that and clean up in front of their places.

We stopped at the stoplight and he just hit me.

We're not going to sneak up on them like I think we did the last time. I think they kind of took us for granted, but this time we know we've got our hands full.

We're going to have a lot of fans. It's going to be big for us. We'll have the energy of the fans. It's going to be good.

Union Pacific has been a bit behind the other railroads in improving efficiency and the fruits of its efforts to catch up are beginning to show.

Ultimately it will not have an impact, ... (The sanctions) will be counterproductive because (they) will degrade the bonds of cooperation that exist between the U.S, Europeans, Japanese and other major trading and investing countries around world.

What we need is a windfall profits tax on government. Government makes far more money per gallon than the oil companies do.

We have played better than we did in the first half. The points came in the third quarter as our guys got into the groove of the game.

When you put your name on a fund, there's a certain element of pride, of not wanting to be embarrassed or neglectful. . . . It forces you to want to work just a little harder to be right.

We want to make sure we're the best. I'm excited about the opportunities ahead of us.

She (Sharon) is never short of advice and not all of it is about rugby league,

She got a little hip-hop with that, ... I'm bankrupted a little bit. But pretty much I'm just doing for my family.

Most teams would have laid down, but they kept coming and kept coming. We're just lucky to get a win and get out of here.

Most people download using a file-sharing program. As it is, a price hike would just force people to find new ways of getting their music.

My knee was just giving out. They braced it and taped it, and I felt like I had a little more. I'll get an MRI in a couple of days and just see what happens.

Obviously, with Hicks you got a big-play receiver that can go vertical and catch the deep ball.

Obviously, any controversy in the marketplace causes companies to pause and reevaluate.

If we don't take care of business this week, the Texas game won't matter.

If we play well and we capitalize on every drive, we can score 100 points.

If we play well and capitalize on every drive, I think we could score 100 points. I think if we're going to do it, we need to do it next week. But we're not worried about points. As long as we're moving the ball and getting first downs, the points will come.

I don't feel a real distance from people, so I don't think that there is a lack of links. I do sense, at least where I live, a lot of rudeness.

I don't know where the rally ends. There's nothing on the horizon that points to a substantial fall in prices. It takes time for a supply response to occur.

I don't know who's going to get coach of the year, but he certainly deserves it. I don't know how many coach of the year awards he's received, but this is definitely the best job he's done.

Bush has not had a bad outing all year, but that's how baseball is. We didn't show up to play.

If I'm going to be a quarterback, I figure I need to be part of coach Leach's pirate school.

I feel nothing but contempt. They pay themselves like they are rock stars.

I can't speak for them. But we've lost some games, too. It makes you face reality, that there are some things you needed to improve on.

Growing up, I think the competition at a young age with the programs here, I was able to compete with a lot of great players at a young age, and I think that carried on to middle school and high school and I think that carried on to college. Those same things, the high competition at a high level, is still in me.

Given that our growth rate is not particularly strong, it is not immediately important to us. Over time it will be though as we retire older servers.

I got a lot of time at the point guard position, learning how to run a team (in Austin). I think I got better and better every day. For the most part, it was a good experience. I'm just going to continue to work every day, and if coach calls my number, I'll be ready.

He hasnt played finals footy since he was in the Under-15s.

We try to make money by buying whatever can work.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I continue to get better physically and mentally; continue to make better decisions and learn.

What will be very interesting at this stage is that for a lot of guys, this will be the first time that they have raced all year.

He's a great player. He's athletic. He's very versatile. He can make plays all over the field in the run game or the pass game.

Going from one shirt to the next indicates states of transition, of change, not being able to have everything at once, states of concealment.

He's been telling me to make sure that if you practice at 11 o'clock and (Karl) wants you to be there at 10, you show up at 8:45,

Underlying the rise in prices is a strong world economy. The IEA is showing that demand continues to grow. We haven't seen the demand destruction that was expected to occur after prices jumped.

A church has no right to make anything a condition of membership, which Christ has not made a condition of salvation.

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

On Monday, when the sun is hot, I wonder to myself a lot. Now is it true, or is it not, that what is which and which is what?

No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequately comprehended till it is viewed in harmonious relations to all the other truths of the system of which Christ is the centre

No man can ever raise above that that which he aims.

As human voice and instrument blend in one harmony, as human soul and body blend in each act of feeling, thought, or speech, so, as far as we can know, divinity and humanity act together in the thought and heart and act of the one Christ.

I am as sure as I am of the fact of Christ's reign, that a comprehensive and centralised system of national education, separated from religion, as is now commonly proposed, will prove the most appalling enginery for the propagation of anti-Christian and atheistic unbelief and of anti-social nihilistic ethics, social and political, which this sin-rent world has ever seen.

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

He did a tremendous job at Exxon Mobil, making the Mobil acquisition when oil was $10 a barrel as opposed to all these other executives now making all their acquisitions when oil is at $55.

He likes the attention. He seems comfortable with the attention.

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be found.

I think it's crucial for people to be able to acknowledge the contributions that black Americans have made. I don't think our history can be limited to a month. It's something that should be continued throughout the year, but it offers everyone the opportunity to be part of our culture. That is something we should all celebrate together.

It is absolutely staggering the amount of money the oil companies already pay in taxes. Government has profited more from the oil industry than the oil industry has profited from consumers.

I think the linebacker group this year is high caliber. There's a lot of good inside guys and good outside guys. Everybody looks the part. They look like they're ready to go.

I think the boycott will die of its own weight,

I think it was a result of better pressure on their backs and their keeper that helped us. Last week, we weren't getting that in our first three games, but today we did a better job of pressuring their defenders and forcing some mistakes. When you do that usually something good is going to come from it.

It had been so long since I started a game. Once I got out there it just felt like second nature all over again.

It is not a financial issue, ... We have a lot of people who are willing to write a check and support us financially.

I want to thank everyone for their prayers and support during this time. The Nuggets have the best fans in the world and they have truly shown me some love. I have also really appreciated the heartfelt support from my family, teammates and the Denver Nuggets organization.

I will send out an e-mail to the membership, and let everybody know that someone will be in touch with them,

I was kind of a homebody. I loved to sleep in and lounge around. As I've gotten older, I realize there's no need to sleep until noon.

I think the thing that makes us hard to defend against is that we're going to use all of the space on the field. And we're going to throw the ball. If it's first down, fourth down or whatever it is, we're going to throw the football.

Our plan is to consolidate in the league above next season and then start to build again from there,

Robert's a pretty vocal guy, just pretty crazy. Obviously we need to avoid those penalties.

Rob was fireman all the way. He lived it, he ate it, he breathed it and unfortunately he died it, but he died doing what he loved doing and that was preparing himself to save and give to other people.

Restructuring of the board has nothing to do with funding.

Recent figures have been erratic and this quarter's are disappointing. However, taking the year as a whole the number of people in work is up by over 200,000.

Our No. 1 goal is to win the league title.

States do not enact tax changes in a vacuum. Every tax change will affect a state's competitive position relative to its neighbors, as well as globally.

I was very hands-on with the Ports Authority because we had a lot of issues with them, ... Our big issues were funding of the new bridge in Charleston, whether to expand in Charleston. Port issues were front and center during our administration.

I think Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) is a great value and a good long-term investment, where patience and staying put will be rewarded.

The American riders tend to do a lot better on the finish circuit. They are more used to it than the European-based riders. This will definitely play into who wins the stage - it's who wins the turns. I like one of the American teams for this stage.

That's been a trademark of our football team. We go out every Saturday and try to play with intensity, we try to play with emotion, and we try to play with a chip on our shoulder. Until we do that, we're just an average team. When we do that, we can really step up to a challenge.

My big thing is to relax and just enjoy it. Ten to 20 years from now I'll look back and think that was such a great game, but if I'm too worried about other stuff my head's going to filled with stuff it shouldn't be.

Win or lose, people are still going to make comments. If we win, people might be quiet for a day or two.

We don't exactly know what it's going to take yet. It's going to be a long haul. I don't think anyone has the solution right now.

We're definitely doing more blitzing (than in the past), and when you blitz you've got to communicate more. When you're blitzing, everyone has to be on the same page.

We played them (Stringer) tough twice this year; we lost by nine points and 12 points and were in each game. We have a young team and they are really starting to come together.

We'll try to take advantage maybe where they're a little inexperienced and young out there on the field.

We've gotten a lot accomplished and helped the county quite a bit,

We have big plans ahead of us and a lot of work to do.

We have a lot of work to do to convince Japanese buyers to come back to us.

Yeah, they'd be on the tour making money and earning a living to put food on the table. On the Division I level, with the players we have and the players we have coming in, we hope to compete not only in the Valley, but also on a national level.

The problem isn't the number of dollars Illinois gets back from Washington. It's the number of dollars Illinois sends Washington in the first place.

We'll never be a team that kicks away from anybody.

We were just joking about it before that even the prime minister had a few weeks off over Christmas while Ricky was busy making a century in Melbourne and a century in each innings in Sydney.

We didn't rush back into it. There was consideration of not reopening.

We're not trying to make it out like we're trying to run up the score. We're just worried about Texas Tech and working hard.

We are really looking forward to it. Hopefully we can pick up a few players and strengthen the side.

When you're ranching and farming, you have to take what the buyer offers.

We opened it up to a few invited people, everyone that was affected.

Yeah, classic rock is our station of choice. It's part of the vibe here. It fits pretty good with our target market of 25- to 55-year-olds.

The reaction to the IEA report points to how jittery the market is. Given what the system went through you can expect these moves. Supplies are still pretty tight.

This stage has got a stinger in the tail.

We would like them to be more constrained, more enlightened. There's nothing to prevent them from doing the right thing.

We want to be that team that nobody wants to play. We are on our way to that goal as our kids have worked hard and then worked harder to achieve that.

The fact that we got so close is something I am immensely proud of - it is pretty ruddy good from where we started from.

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We were where we needed to be at the half, but it's like it's fools gold when you come in here and feel that way. They really just worked the clock and took shots. We had them missing shots and they just went and got them.

We can't move forward if we keep on looking in the past. Last year was last year, and it was a great year, but it's gone.