I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train.
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Related I knew I was good because I was the only 14-year-old who could dunk backward. AMAR'E STOUDEMIRE He was looking for a dog who would pay attention to him, who was very responsive and he thought that... SIDNEY SACHS They didn't have a guy who could guard me. When I could drive and dish off, we could get baskets. NATE ROBERTS I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early. YOGI BERRA I was told about a guy who used the CD drive to hold his coffee cup. GORDON MILLS I was in hospital for two weeks, could not train for six months and basically could have died. MARC JENKINS The big diesel freight train vs. the little engine that could, PAUL BYRD Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd la... DON RICKLES I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene. DONALD TRUMP Do not allow the money to drive the train. Do not allow deadlines to drive the train. BRIAN ALEXANDER I was involved in the students' union and I had a meeting in London, chaired by the president of the... PETE SHELLEY Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough ... J.K. ROWLING I knew that the guy had touched it, and I think he knew that too. I don't know why he was doing that... ERREK SUHR He knew who I was and that I was a fighter, and he said 'I'd like you train me, will you teach me?' ... AARON BRINK I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and... ABBEY LINCOLN Some customers prefer the electric drive train. This gives Caterpillar that option for them. MARK KOZNAREK I saw 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was four years old. Sure, I thought Princess Lei... RAE CARSON I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable. TONY CURTIS Over the past few years, I haven't seen the kind of drive I'm seeing this year to train hard, to wor... ELLIOT HOVEY I was 16. In the middle of the night, I took a taxi to the Detroit train station - or maybe it was t... ELIZABETH REASER When I was a kid it was like, who could be the coolest? Who could do the stupidest thing? And you kn... MIKE JUDGE It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that... LISA KLEYPAS That was my greatest achievement because I was just a 19-year-old boy who thought dreams could never... GEORGE FOREMAN In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't dr... WILLIE MAYS I was actually in the house and heard the train brakes. You just get a knot in your throat knowing s... ROBERT RAMOS I had to audition for the part of Jnior, and I wanted the role terribly because I knew it was a grea... DOMINIC CHIANESE You could not pick a worse time to raise train fares, with gas prices skyrocketing, making public tr... ROBERT ANDREWS I still feel like I have a lot to prove, ... My drive isn't going away because of money. I don't kno... DAMIEN WILKINS I was looking for somebody who could operate effectively and had good personal chemistry. ROBERT CRANDALL The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it. PAT CONROY When I came in [last January], I brought a strength and conditioning program with me. And when I bro... RAVON ANDERSON But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor... SUE MILLER What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER I am a guy who likes those who drive through red lights. ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules? STEPHEN WRIGHT When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules? STEVEN WRIGHT I think it was really good that I was able to come second to a fast sprinter like Regina who had the... NICOLE COOKE It was good to win the game, no matter who hits (the game-winner). I was just looking for a good pit... DALLAS MCPHERSON People still come up to me and say you're the guy who hijacked the Napa Valley Wine Train. That was ... LANCE CUTLER I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as someb... OPRAH WINFREY This was a young man who always knew what he was going to do. You could tell this young man was goin... FRANK DURANT I didn't train for powerlifting. I trained as a bodybuilder. I had to train to stress the muscle... LEE HANEY But I know that I'm not who I was supposed to be. Who I could have been. And I know it's because I w... NANCY WERLIN The first thing I ever rode when I was a kid was a motorcycle, so I knew how to drive a motorcycle b... JOHN TRAVOLTA Out of the corner of my left eye, I see a car start to move away. You could see the damage, and I kn... ED PRISBY When I was a boy, the neighbours all knew who I was because I'd take a ball with me everywhere I... ISCO He was the only man I knew who could make a curse sound like a caress. MICHAEL FOOT He slowed to a walk. As he approached her he was surprised at just how pretty she was. She looked a ... CHRISTOPHER MOORE I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty g... MALUMA I was somebody who was 14 years old and who got an opportunity to do a job where I could make money,... GISELE BUNDCHEN The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER That was no fly ball, that was a line drive, ... I knew I had no chance to catch that ball. Did you ... EMIL BROWN For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic sy... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of p... ALTHEA GIBSON I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now becaus... SOPHIA AMORUSO I was involved with my theater program in high school, and I was involved in a festival where I coul... JOSH DALLAS If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER You can take 20 guys and train them and maybe get only one that works out. If you're a guy who lives... DAN CURTIS I did think it was important to do what we could to train up Iraqis as a security force in advance o... DOUGLAS FEITH No, I wasn't upset. I was just mad at the fact that I felt like Jamal should've been the guy that wa... STEPHON MARBURY That last thing we needed was a train wreck, which is potentially what could have happened. DON SNYDER I was never a big guy in pubs. I was never the main kind of aggressor or anything like that, but I f... DOMINIC MONAGHAN What I was looking for was information that possibly could indicate another person that may be invol... MARK WHITE I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943. J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I was born in a blender. LORNA LUFT I was born 'neath a clouded star. JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead. GEORGETTE MOSBACHER I was born to be funny. BUDDY HACKETT I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. ERIC ALLIN CORNELL The old system, the War on Drugs, was a train wreck. JOHN HICKENLOOPER I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Clu... CHRIS SQUIRE From the time I was 9 years old, I loved magic. I was an only child, and I think that had a big impa... RICK RUBIN I stood there and stared, into the sky and at the city around me. I stood, hands at my side, and I s... MARKUS ZUSAK I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. ... BUCK LEONARD People were very cautious, to say the least, because of his reputation as a tough guy who didn't lik... ABDALLAH BAALI I think that was one of our ISO plays. The line did an awesome job, just awesome, and I got in. The ... MATT PIVONKA The thing I see is that we're getting the hits now. Before, maybe if a guy crushed a line drive, it ... PAUL BYRD [Along the way, Baker had recorded with Bobby Robinson, who had also worked with Elmore James and wa... GEORGE BAKER Naturally enough when I was a young dancer, I was terribly anxious to get ahead, and to get ahead qu... ANNA NEAGLE Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA I couldn't even be mad at him, because this was who he was. This was who he'd always been. He'd neve... JENNY HAN I was never a knucklehead off the field. I was a person who abided by the rules and had been an upst... A.J. NICHOLSON Freshman year, that's all it was. I would go in and just train and everything. Once I saw how good I... KAIT COOK I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four feature... TWYLA THARP When you're a self-made man, you start very early in life. In my case it was at 9 years old when... KIRK KERKORIAN I was at that World Cup, coaching the Netherlands, and I heard somebody yelling, 'Skip, Skip, Skip!'... DAVEY JOHNSON I found myself hating him, wanting to hurt him, to drive him away from the red-haired girl who was s... JULIE KAGAWA I never felt that I was a leading-man type in high school. I was always the goofy guy who was gettin... JAMES MARSDEN The fascination for the Great Train Robbery has never diminished. LUKE EVANS I have a personal interest in this project because one of my nephews was involved in drugs when he w... RON AGOR I didn't know who David Pollack was when I got here, but it didn't take long to learn that he was so... QUENTIN MOSES The youthful stationmaster wore a Blue Spot on his uniform and remonstrated with the driver that the... JASPER FFORDE It's a combination of the fact that we won our first NCAA game in years, the fact that I knew I didn... JASON THOMAS I'm OK with being the Old Spice Guy because before I was the Old Spice Guy I was the guy looking... ISAIAH MUSTAFA I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stay... MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV I knew we could come back. They did not give up. That last touchdown drive can be a springboard for ... GARY HEIDE It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthe... LYNN DAVIES There were many museums competing for this show, so there was a bit of 'who you know' involved in ou... IRVIN LIPPMAN I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who we... FAYE MARSAY I knew there was one point I was more than a minute behind. But I didn't worry because according to ... CATHERINE NDEREBA
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The idea was to make a movie ourselves with everyone playing a cameo role. Preferably before we all ... RONALD BIGGS I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper a... RONALD BIGGS Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice. RONALD BIGGS There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's b... RONALD BIGGS There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's brains ou... RONALD BIGGS It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've ... RONALD BIGGS This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia. RONALD BIGGS There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years. RONALD BIGGS The last thing I stole was a box of Coca Cola from a parked truck in Adelaide. I was nice and drunk.... RONALD BIGGS One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean you got to real... RONALD BIGGS I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I... RONALD BIGGS I am no longer a criminal. I gave up that practice years ago. RONALD BIGGS I kicked off... and things went on from there... down and down. RONALD BIGGS They've all been close. They've all been dogfights. I expect another one (today). AARON BIGGS If you try to be passive against Jake, he'll pound you. You fall asleep against Greg and he'll fold ... AARON BIGGS We kind of know we can't be partners every single day or someone's going to get hurt. We just know e... AARON BIGGS You just get the best every day you go into practice. We can't go light on them or they're not going... AARON BIGGS A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something ... JASON BIGGS In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping... JASON BIGGS Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was ... JASON BIGGS Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environ... JASON BIGGS They have a difference- maker in Knowles. When it counted, he just took over the game. He went to th... BUDDY BIGGS Any time your season is over, it's tough, no question. We knew this wasn't going to be easy. BUDDY BIGGS We did get in foul trouble in that third quarter but I thought the kids who came in did a good job. ... BUDDY BIGGS Scott played hard right from the tip. We might have had an advantage inside, and we hit more shots, ... BUDDY BIGGS Pat was a big part of last year's dream season and this season was a dream season as well until toni... BUDDY BIGGS Scoring on that first possession was key because of the emotion that goes into this game. BOB BIGGS It's tough, trying to figure out how fast they are and how strong they are compared to people that w... BOB BIGGS It's not a burden you want the current players to carry. We know what we're trying to do. We made ou... BOB BIGGS It has been a lot of fun preparing for the game. This is one everybody has been looking forward to f... BOB BIGGS It has all the ingredients. BOB BIGGS They were a great football team. We had to pull out all the stops in that game. BOB BIGGS We have to (get better). We didn't run the ball particularly well. We had to rely too much on the pa... BOB BIGGS We had the wind at our back. We didn't have to march 70 or 80 yards. We could have gotten the ball t... BOB BIGGS The intent is to teach, implement new schemes, try new techniques and come out of the spring feeling... BOB BIGGS It's unfortunate the stadium is not going to be ready, but that's nobody's fault. After a while you ... BOB BIGGS But once I went for it, left my inhibitions aside and saw its eventual success, it made me much more... JASON BIGGS But I did have two months off between Loser and the start of Prozac Nation. So, it was supposed to b... JASON BIGGS We ride the tiger with our fingers crossed. BARTON BIGGS I was nervous and hesitant about putting myself out there for the pie scene. But I went for it and t... JASON BIGGS you can't change the world in a day but you can change a life JACK BIGGS That's always been the nature of the teams in the league. They've earned it, every one of those team... BOB BIGGS I thought it was going to be a factor. I knew they had a good kicking game. I thought if we could ge... BOB BIGGS People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school. JASON BIGGS We all had our reservations about possibly overdoing it but, you know, the script was great. Basical... JASON BIGGS Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do. JASON BIGGS We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism. JASON BIGGS This film is very heavy and intense at times, and I think in order to make it a well-rounded movie, ... JASON BIGGS Oh, [they would do] terrible [out in the wild]. They're house dogs. The little guy the new one ... JASON BIGGS I love doing these scenes. I love that I'm the guy that went for it. I will do just about anything f... JASON BIGGS They've been eating it up, and it's great, JASON BIGGS A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool... JASON BIGGS I told her I was sorry. I played AAU ball with her for seven years. I felt bad about it, but it's pa... LINDSAY BIGGS I know it's going to be hard, but I like a challenge. It makes you work harder, and it makes you bet... LINDSAY BIGGS It was our turn to win. LINDSAY BIGGS This is a lot different then the newspaper business. However as a community helper I feel that this ... JEFFERY BIGGS That amount of money is pretty good for a small chapter like Covington County. But, it all goes back... JEFFERY BIGGS This is a new learning experience. Right now, I am learning just how the American Red Cross helps th... JEFFERY BIGGS Loveday is also very light, which makes a big difference in the boat. We are really fast in the rapi... SHAUN BIGGS We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. RONALD I've decided that I'm going to collect as many spiders in a jar as I can and then pour them all over... SHARON BIGGS WALLER The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting ... RONALD REAGAN We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up ... RONALD REAGAN Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free... RONALD REAGAN Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a ... RONALD REAGAN The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of... RONALD REAGAN Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy'... RONALD REAGAN Poland is not East or West. Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mig... RONALD REAGAN You are Mrs. Reagan because Mr. Reagan loves you with all his heart. RONALD REAGAN Mad or glad, Mr. Reagan is head over heels in love with Mrs. Reagan and can't even imagine a wor... RONALD REAGAN People do not make wars; governments do. RONALD REAGAN It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't ... RONALD REAGAN No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ... RONALD REAGAN Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very ... RONALD REAGAN The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts. RONALD REAGAN Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet. RONALD REAGAN Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world. RONALD REAGAN To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of pre... RONALD REAGAN If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, India... RONALD REAGAN The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job. RONALD REAGAN We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it... RONALD REAGAN One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. RONALD REAGAN No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. RONALD REAGAN You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economi... RONALD REAGAN Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. RONALD REAGAN Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. RONALD REAGAN The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take ... RONALD REAGAN A people free to choose will always choose peace. RONALD REAGAN I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. RONALD REAGAN Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the governm... RONALD REAGAN I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them thro... RONALD REAGAN We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutel... RONALD REAGAN We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child. RONALD REAGAN A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at? RONALD REAGAN My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo... RONALD REAGAN I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall wil... RONALD REAGAN For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free t... RONALD REAGAN Today on the NATO line, our military forces face east to prevent a possible invasion. On the other s... RONALD REAGAN Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. RONALD REAGAN It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has... RONALD REAGAN If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party... RONALD REAGAN Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. RONALD REAGAN They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. RONALD REAGAN I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Dem... RONALD REAGAN It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we ... RONALD REAGAN How can a president not be an actor? RONALD REAGAN Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. RONALD REAGAN One picture is worth 1,000 denials. RONALD REAGAN Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. RONALD REAGAN Don't be afraid to see what you see. RONALD REAGAN No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never dis... RONALD REAGAN The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. RONALD REAGAN Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.... RONALD REAGAN Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everyth... RONALD REAGAN The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the sy... RONALD REAGAN The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know ... RONALD REAGAN I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse. RONALD REAGAN Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders. RONALD REAGAN We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. RONALD REAGAN Facts are stubborn things. RONALD REAGAN Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. RONALD REAGAN I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there... RONALD REAGAN Man is not free unless government is limited. RONALD REAGAN Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever dev... RONALD REAGAN Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer. RONALD REAGAN Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! RONALD REAGAN We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be f... RONALD REAGAN All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. RONALD REAGAN To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the cr... RONALD REAGAN Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. RONALD REAGAN Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as ... RONALD REAGAN How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an... RONALD REAGAN Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. RONALD REAGAN Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RONALD REAGAN I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn thei... RONALD REAGAN Tact ops is a unit which breaks into homes and offices to plant bugging devices. They get into mafia... RONALD KESSLER When I was doing interviews at the FBI, my tape recorder battery died. They gave me a new one, and I... RONALD KESSLER There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affec... RONALD STEEL Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that... RONALD REAGAN There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know... RONALD REAGAN Let us ask ourselves; What kind of people do we think we are? RONALD REAGAN In my eighty years, I prefer to call that the forty-first anniversary of my thirty ninth birthday, I... RONALD REAGAN While most Americans know about the Boston Tea Party, few are aware of the Liberty Tree and how impo... RONALD KESSLER So in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride... RONALD REAGAN History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep t... RONALD REAGAN If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois.I've o... RONALD REAGAN It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? RONALD REAGAN To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the cr... RONALD REAGAN Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards. If you disgrace yourself, y... RONALD REAGAN At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation... RONALD FRAME We are participating in the orderly transfer of administrative authority by the direction of the peo... RONALD REAGAN It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't availabl... RONALD REAGAN Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is t... RONALD REAGAN Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthri... RONALD REAGAN Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we're in. RONALD REAGAN There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. RONALD REAGAN Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must... RONALD REAGAN Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. RONALD REAGAN What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've ... RONALD REAGAN While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. RONALD REAGAN The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy. RONALD KNOX Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere. RONALD REAGAN Someplace along the line the audience discovered you. In my case it was playing the Gipper. RONALD REAGAN Atheism is easy in fair weather. RONALD DUNN The far right seeks to retain the material progress of American capitalism while removing some of it... RONALD SEGAL The first rule of luck in business is that you should persevere in doing the right thing. Opportunit... RONALD COHEN When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected I believe to One does feel. RONALD KNOX If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, India... RONALD REAGAN We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the G... RONALD REAGAN Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ... RONALD REAGAN Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is. RONALD REAGAN If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all. RONALD REAGAN We are for aiding our allies by sharing some of our material blessings with those nations which shar... RONALD REAGAN Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. RONALD REAGAN Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. RONALD REAGAN The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. RONALD REAGAN My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo... RONALD REAGAN Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and ho... RONALD MCNAIR Those old faces, in Pasadena, California, and Tucson, Arizona, and Dallas, crumpling in hatred and f... RONALD SEGAL I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed i... RONALD REAGAN We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conc... RONALD REAGAN I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. N... RONALD REAGAN If you have no problems at your job you don't have a job you've got a hobby. RONALD DUNN Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not... RONALD REAGAN Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wa... RONALD REAGAN Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny. RONALD KNOX More than 20 years ago, President Kennedy defined an approach that is as valid today as when he anno... RONALD REAGAN No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never dis... RONALD REAGAN A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. RONALD KNOX Honey, I forgot to duck. RONALD REAGAN You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the ... RONALD REAGAN You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a... RONALD REAGAN We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely in... RONALD REAGAN We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker... RONALD REAGAN No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. RONALD REAGAN I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these ... RONALD REAGAN We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich. RONALD REAGAN Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you ... RONALD REAGAN My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo... RONALD REAGAN Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself ... RONALD REAGAN