M.B.JONES Quotes

I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

It's not trespassing to go beyond your own boundaries.

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

Sometimes facing opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe.

There is no way to completely fail unless you completely quit.

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

If you are doing things the same way as two years ago, you are almost certainly doing them wrong.

You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.

I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure.

What you love and what you hate reveal what you are.

Do we choose to see possibilities? Do we really believe that they're there? Perception controls our reality, and if we don't believe it, we won't see it.

Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.

We're like the Three Musketeers, searching for truth and justice and the American way.: Glitch snorted. "More like the Three Blind Mice, stumbling around trying to find a hunk of cheese in the dark.

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves

Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee.

Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, till all are gone.

I wanted to be a meteorologist. I wanted to be a marine biologist

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

Sometimes failure is merely chasing you off the wrong road and onto the right one.

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having read.

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

I am going to have a cup of tea, like any good Englishman.

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!

You don't know who's good or bad until you get to that crisis point.

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire. They're trained for that!

Maybe life is a board game, but I never get to roll the dice.

Make the subtle shift from pushing ourselves to be the best in the world, to allowing ourselves to be the best for the world.

Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family.

I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone, it's not unusual to have fun with anyone. But when I see you hanging about with anyone, it's not unusual to see me cry. I wanna' die.

In order to solve problems, information has to be shared; and not only information, but doubts, fears and questions.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies

All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.

My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.

I have not yet begun to fight!

When life has beaten you up and you can't see a way to go on. Trust that tomorrow will change your fortune.

Criminality is now legal. I guess criminal racketeering these days would be like burning little children at the stake or something. That's about what it takes to get anyone to care.