Jim Murphy Quotations

'West To A Land Of Plenty' shows a family heading west, first on board a train, and then going into areas as yet untamed by rail by way of an ox-drawn wagon.

There is no politics, we are just a bunch of friends that love to ride and want to help out others in the community.

Mac support for Lotus is a check-box item. We have a lot of health-care customers and maybe 1 percent of a company's research department is on Macs but they have 99 percent of the influence.

She's just got a nose for the goal. But she is exceptionally unselfish, too. This is the third year we try to get her to shoot more.

I don't believe that we can justify any war that we've been in since I can remember - World War II, we had President Bush's grandfather helping finance German industry. I think that we could have avoided war if there wasn't money involved. MacArthur provoked Korea and Vietnam was obviously engineered.

He'll help us a lot, not just because what he can do but he gives us a lot more confidence. He's a great defender. He's just fearless. I think he's got his mobility back.

He's a special kid. He's someone to be looked at down the road.

He's a self-motivated kid. He's got three years under his belt. He's got a whole high school career already and he's just a freshman.

History often reads as a hard and grim experience. But people are remarkably resilient and funny, even when the going is very hard.

There aren't too many things, athletically, that she cannot do,

I think the government ought to stay out of other people's business.

I think it's smart. Will it move the needle immediately? No. But over the long term, it might move things.

(Owning seven titles) just means you've been around a long time. I've been lucky to have a lot of good players come in here.

I think my ancestors had to be enormously strong emotionally and very courageous.

I tell all our kids that they're part of building something, that they're part of a group that's putting Merrimack College football on the map.

It depends on if we can get here.

I write narrative nonfiction, creating lively scenes through action and the use of quotes from firsthand accounts, all based on rigorous research. If I say a character leaned against a fence on a windy day, than I have at least two sources to back up these details.

Most recruiters, I know are probably trying to do the right thing. The problem is that recruiters today are under incredible pressure to make their goals. This is what we try to counteract in high schools.

We've met with the University of Arizona and Raytheon and they're very supportive of what we're doing. They recognize that the population is aging and, if you look at the projections, there simply won't be enough workers for the jobs we'll have. So, it makes sense to turn to the age-50-plus workforce.

We're very quick to tell the kids that we have nothing against the guys in the field. I'm just trying to shut off the recruiters.

We didn't even have to ask, ... They came to us and asked what they could do.

When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.

The picture of the caboose was a no-brainer. The railroad helped build this city. As far as the baseball scene is concerned, you have to look at what people were doing a hundred years in Oneonta. Everyone played baseball.

There are a number of things everyone can do to help protect whales.

We gave him the old Willis Reed story. These kids don't know who Willis Reed is, but we basically said go out there and win it for your team. He (Blount) was a warrior.

What companies need from this stuff is quicker applicability to business problems.

We will never know exactly how many women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. At the close of the hostilities, it was estimated that approximately 400 women had managed to enlist, but this number is almost certainly too low.

Issues like public safety and economic development are important to me and ones I have had some success on here in this community for some time. When you send someone to Austin, you want to send someone who has done these things and knows how they work.

At first glance, it's a concern. You're adding another element in the mix, and this is going to be a year-long promotion. By definition, the FedEx Cup will be raised in visibility. In doing that, will it move the World Golf Championships down a notch, or interfere with the ambition to be the next layer behind the majors?

The bill was as clear as your finger ? a tan color.

It's, by far, the nicest stadium down here. It's great.

I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.

It's reflective of where the country is. There are millions of people who are very deeply engaged in the political process. They know that media coverage can shape that, and they want to make sure their side wins, so they beat up anybody they perceive to be leaning the wrong way even if there is no lean.

I'm packed. I can't even find a snow blower.

I don't think many of us face the same sort of physical adventures our ancestors did, at least not on a daily basis.

This is like saying you cannot cut down a tree but you are free to poison its roots.

A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.