Jackson Quotations | Page 4

I don't really know how to describe what I do, other than 'American roots,' ... I think back to the '60s, when Bob Dylan, Mahalia Jackson and Muddy Waters would play on the same bill. It's all music that comes from the soul.

Before moving to Utah, she raised dachshunds and Shetland ponies at the family home on Jackson Street. She arrived at Hill Field with two children, three dogs, a litter of puppies and two horses, for which she was able to commandeer a stable built from airplane packing crates.

Holmes and Jackson will probably be the only two receivers drafted in the first round. You could make a case for three or four clubs taking (Holmes) in the middle of the first.

Honestly, I have a tendency not to enjoy my work, and the one thing that I got from Samuel Jackson is ... he wants me to enjoy it, ... He tells me that all the time, 'Loosen up a little bit.' But the thing is, me coming from Mississippi, I understand these opportunities are not readily available to my people. So I have to make sure that everything that I do, I do it to the best of my ability because it's a reflection of more than just me. When people look at David Banner they see Mississippi, so I have to make sure that it's good. And you have to understand my acting debut was with Samuel L. Jackson, so imagine that flavor. If you suck and he is as good as he is, he's going to show you how bad you suck in front of the whole world.

Garrett needed that performance. Garrett (threw) six innings and then Jackson came in and did what Jackson does ? throws strikes and gets people out.

If I live to be 97, we will never forget the kindness of the people of Mississippi, the people of Jackson , and people of this hotel,

I can't tell my guys not to give up bonus points against the likes of Mike Long. We had some inexperienced guys going out there, so we expected that. But Aaron Williams wrestled great, everybody that won wrestled great. Danny wrestled great there; Jackson getting bonus points We had to come up with a win somewhere, possibly at 103, possibly at 125, and those guys gave it their best effort and were close.

I could understand the league's point of view, but I'd like to put Stu Jackson or David Stern or one of those guys in that situation and see how they would have reacted. I'm amazed at the restraint he had.

I am not going to let Stu Jackson gangster me out of money for something that wasn't even properly investigated. I don't know what I am going to do yet, but I am going to do something. I am not going to sit there and let him strong-arm me.

How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important.

He played great defense on Stephen Jackson during crunch time.

Great actors like Willem Dafoe and Ellen Page and Samuel L. Jackson will go and do a videogame, because they understand that storytelling isn't just necessarily about filmmaking.

You can't have a better year than Jackson had.

You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life.

You can't afford to go through a scoring drought like that against a good team like Jackson State. We didn't do a good job of protecting the basketball.

The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since.

The downside of calling Jackson as a witness far outweighs the upside.

The central business area or downtown is roughly 12 blocks in size. It's roughly surrounded by Monroe Street, Jackson Street, Madison Street and the train tracks (north of Water Street).

The findings could make Mr. Jackson ineligible for probation and could substantially affect the amount of time he could spend incarcerated, if the findings are found true,

The company had virtually shut down operations in Jackson by that time. They were no longer sending payroll and wouldn't pay Harold. We discovered that they were treating Harold as a self-employed person, although he was working for them from 8 a.m. to sometimes midnight. They didn't take federal taxes or Social Security taxes out of his check or pay their share of Social Security tax for him. And he was not covered under workers compensation. We don't think that was right.

The commissioner simply took advantage of being in the region yesterday to accompany Mr. Benson in Jackson and participate in the meeting.

The department will allow Jackson to pay his employees directly, and we will verify that the proper payments were made.

Peter Jackson is one of Hollywood's most exciting innovators, and our partnership with him will greatly broaden the appeal of the Halo franchise. We're confident he'll create an epic that not only thrills existing Halo fans, but also introduces millions of moviegoers around the world to this amazing saga.

Michael Jackson was not a sort of ingredient or an inspiration for the character at all.

A few people have mentioned it, and it kind of took me by surprise. I really didn't expect that, ... Michael Jackson was not a sort of ingredient or inspiration for the character at all.

Compared with the previous occasion when Judge Jackson heard oral argument on the facts in September 1999, he played more of an active role in the courtroom today, ... He asked a lot of questions, which revealed that he is still thinking quite a bit about the part of the opinion that deals with tying.