He was one of the toughest pitchers we faced all year. He had heat and he threw a slider. The first ...
JACK STURGEON It was a game not under the greatest conditions. It was not a day for pitchers with the wind. All th...
JACK STURGEON We stabilized there and showed some life. We didn't fold the tents. Offensively and defensively, we ...
JACK STURGEON We had already scored one run, and he scored three to break it open.
JACK STURGEON It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes.
NICOLA STURGEON I think it is important the communities are listened to and that their voice is heard, particularly ...
NICOLA STURGEON I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit.
NICOLA STURGEON Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and ...
NICOLA STURGEON Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?”
“It's purely a defensive device. We s...
THEODORE STURGEON Ninety percent of everything is crap.
THEODORE STURGEON If your pal or neighbour is in the SNP, you're more likely to listen to them than if you just tu...
NICOLA STURGEON I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, workin...
NICOLA STURGEON Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequal...
NICOLA STURGEON American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best perfo...
NICOLA STURGEON Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests w...
NICOLA STURGEON I think the first decision I took when I became a government minister was to reverse the planned clo...
NICOLA STURGEON I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends.
NICOLA STURGEON People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.
NICOLA STURGEON For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital.
NICOLA STURGEON I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.
THEODORE STURGEON I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.
THEODORE STURGEON I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of onl...
NICOLA STURGEON As First Minister, I will always act in the best interests of the country. As party leader, I will a...
NICOLA STURGEON Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize...
NICOLA STURGEON It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would us...
NICOLA STURGEON My politics are wildly different from hers, but someone who has been good for women in politics, sta...
NICOLA STURGEON As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encounter...
THEODORE STURGEON English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export mar...
NICOLA STURGEON Scotch beef, salmon and shellfish are recognised the world over for their excellence and Scottish pr...
NICOLA STURGEON At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is n...
NICOLA STURGEON It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it ...
NICOLA STURGEON The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10...
NICOLA STURGEON The oil and gas sector in the North Sea does have a strong future if we do the right things now, but...
NICOLA STURGEON I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that peop...
NICOLA STURGEON The U.K. government sets a cap on how much can be spent on discretionary housing payments.
NICOLA STURGEON If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world.
NICOLA STURGEON Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to...
NICOLA STURGEON It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quic...
NICOLA STURGEON As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in ...
NICOLA STURGEON Isn't it the case, ... that there were deep divisions inside the executive over the issue and rather...
NICOLA STURGEON I hope it doesn't cause any added distress to Robin Cook's family.
NICOLA STURGEON Political parties have to convince people that there is a real reason to vote and that will re-engag...
NICOLA STURGEON The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insuranc...
THEODORE STURGEON A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people.
NICOLA STURGEON I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative ...
NICOLA STURGEON One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people...
NICOLA STURGEON I've had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I've had death threats...
NICOLA STURGEON I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long.
NICOLA STURGEON The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.
NICOLA STURGEON Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply c...
NICOLA STURGEON I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying tha...
THEODORE STURGEON Because of lower life expectancy in Scotland - something that we are working hard to improve - the a...
NICOLA STURGEON I've not had a deliberate image makeover.
NICOLA STURGEON Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we woul...
NICOLA STURGEON Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of lo...
NICOLA STURGEON Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit.
NICOLA STURGEON The patrists poison themselves. The matrists tend to decay, which is merely another kind of poison.
THEODORE STURGEON It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the ...
NICOLA STURGEON Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.
THEODORE STURGEON If there is a 'Leave' vote in England and across the U.K. as a whole, then we see the reins ...
NICOLA STURGEON My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be ...
THEODORE STURGEON I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retri...
THEODORE STURGEON The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.
NICOLA STURGEON I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent,...
NICOLA STURGEON I think Scotland will become an independent country. I've always believed that. It means that if...
NICOLA STURGEON It is hard to overstate the economic importance of the U.S.A. to Scotland, and that makes it essenti...
NICOLA STURGEON Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin,...
NICOLA STURGEON An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national in...
NICOLA STURGEON I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent count...
NICOLA STURGEON Any politician or campaigner trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public won't get very ...
NICOLA STURGEON I stand here today as the first woman first minister of our country. Every day I hold this office, I...
NICOLA STURGEON The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about S...
NICOLA STURGEON If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may...
NICOLA STURGEON The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on...
NICOLA STURGEON We've chosen to stay part of the Westminster system, but we don't want to be a forgotten, si...
NICOLA STURGEON Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power...
NICOLA STURGEON My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westmi...
NICOLA STURGEON For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is we...
NICOLA STURGEON The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five ...
THEODORE STURGEON We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U....
NICOLA STURGEON I consider myself a selfie specialist.
NICOLA STURGEON An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and do...
NICOLA STURGEON My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served b...
NICOLA STURGEON I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but......
NICOLA STURGEON I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously.
NICOLA STURGEON Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions.
NICOLA STURGEON Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for.
NICOLA STURGEON Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and...
NICOLA STURGEON Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis ...
NICOLA STURGEON I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less...
NICOLA STURGEON I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way.
NICOLA STURGEON Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and y...
NICOLA STURGEON Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments.
NICOLA STURGEON Tory governments are bad for Scotland.
NICOLA STURGEON It's a classic Labour hype.
NICOLA STURGEON Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world...
JACK HERER I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old.
JACK WHITEHALL With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
JACK NICHOLSON The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today'...
JACK REED The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
JACK PALANCE Perfectionists are their own devils.
JACK KIRBY Control your own destiny or someone else will.
JACK WELCH I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
JACK CANFIELD If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensatio...
JACK WELCH Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay ma...
JACK KEROUAC If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll snea...
JACK NICKLAUS It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their att...
JACK ZIPES Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.
JACK ZIPES In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration ...
JACK ZIPES I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and ...
JACK ZIPES 'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their...
JACK ZIPES Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, ...
JACK ZIPES The Grimm collections were never intended for children. Not because kids were excluded, but because ...
JACK ZIPES Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfu...
JACK ZIPES What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly th...
JACK ZIPES Until I was diagnosed with mouth cancer, I'd never heard of it.
JACK WILD I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business h...
JACK WILD I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a...
JACK WILD I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. ...
JACK WILD I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Stree...
JACK WILD It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you ar...
JACK WILD There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
JACK WILD At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly t...
JACK WILD My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb.
JACK WILD I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
JACK WHITTAKER It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
JACK WHITTAKER If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
JACK WHITTAKER I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
JACK WHITTAKER I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs.
JACK WHITTAKER I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.
JACK WHITTAKER Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&...
JACK WHITEHALL I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
JACK WHITEHALL Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no...
JACK WHITEHALL My dad doesn't hug me enough!
JACK WHITEHALL I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ...
JACK WHITEHALL My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc...
JACK WHITEHALL I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
JACK WHITEHALL I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm...
JACK WHITEHALL I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
JACK WHITEHALL There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.
JACK WHITEHALL I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
JACK WHITEHALL Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho...
JACK WHITEHALL I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
JACK WHITEHALL When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck te...
JACK WHITEHALL Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the sa...
JACK WHITEHALL I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ...
JACK WHITEHALL If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
JACK WHITEHALL I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is ...
JACK WHITEHALL I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
JACK WHITEHALL When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
JACK WHITEHALL I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in ...
JACK WHITEHALL I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.
JACK WHITEHALL I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
JACK WHITEHALL If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes ...
JACK WHITEHALL Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ...
JACK WHITE A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. Th...
JACK WHITE I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ...
JACK WHITE I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my fri...
JACK WHITE There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so ...
JACK WHITE If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and e...
JACK WHITE We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer s...
JACK WHITE I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But...
JACK WHITE I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want th...
JACK WHITE I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into thing...
JACK WHITE I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. Ther...
JACK WHITE Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get ...
JACK WHITE I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my li...
JACK WHITE I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bong...
JACK WHITE With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. ...
JACK WHITE When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h...
JACK WHITE I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than ...
JACK WHITE I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Ro...
JACK WHITE There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I&...
JACK WHITE I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to real...
JACK WHITE One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when yo...
JACK WELCH Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thous...
JACK WELCH Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today'...
JACK WELCH Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
JACK WELCH Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five yea...
JACK WELCH I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
JACK WELCH There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and ...
JACK WELCH You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while y...
JACK WELCH The team with the best players wins.
JACK WELCH Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confus...
JACK WELCH A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around ...
JACK WELCH Change before you have to.
JACK WELCH Be candid with everyone.
JACK WELCH If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
JACK WARNER I don't want it good. I want it Tuesday.
JACK WARNER 'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even young...
JACK WAGNER I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the &...
JACK WAGNER I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theate...
JACK WAGNER By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really mak...
JACK WAGNER Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. On...
JACK WAGNER I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in la...
JACK WAGNER We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those ...
JACK WAGNER My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from fou...
JACK WAGNER My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mothe...
JACK WAGNER My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me co...
JACK WAGNER