Matthew B. Crawford quote: "Out of the current confusion of ideals and and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity."

No ground gained was ever relinquished.
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet hou...
CINDY CRAWFORD

Having children really changes your priorities.
CINDY CRAWFORD

I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
SAM CRAWFORD

I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a bo...
SAM CRAWFORD

I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, ...
SAM CRAWFORD

When you have a chance to make plays and don't, you can almost be assured the final score will not f...
ALAN CRAWFORD

You must give Campbell credit. When we had runners in scoring position, they either made plays or th...
ALAN CRAWFORD

Basically I'm from the old school. We try to score one run an inning in any fashion. A lot of times ...
ALAN CRAWFORD

Our defense has been real inconsistent. We've got five weeks to fix it. Hopefully by district tourna...
ALAN CRAWFORD

They're nice kids to coach. They work hard. They hit their spots. They don't try to strike everybody...
ALAN CRAWFORD

Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is...
FRANCIS CRAWFORD

I don't want to have to be beautiful all the time. I want to be able to look cruddy in my weeken...
CINDY CRAWFORD

Fashion and style is just that. Fashion and style. It's not brain surgery.
CINDY CRAWFORD

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I...
CARL CRAWFORD

We watch so much film, calling up pitch by pitch, count by count in order to spot tendencies. Techno...
CARL CRAWFORD

My friends like to play as me in the baseball games, and they call to tell me about every bag I stea...
CARL CRAWFORD

'Madden' is all about speed, and the Falcons have it on both sides of the ball. I love playi...
CARL CRAWFORD

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never t...
JOAN CRAWFORD

Never defend yourself of words from a fool unless you are willing to become his/her equal.
GENE CRAWFORD

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
FRANCIS CRAWFORD

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.
CINDY CRAWFORD

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.
CINDY CRAWFORD

I'm all-American. Sexy but not intimidating. Not the kind of woman who's going to steal some...
CINDY CRAWFORD

It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman.
JOAN CRAWFORD

My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.
CINDY CRAWFORD

Our family room, where we live, is about togetherness and ease. Nothing in my house is too formal. T...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I am not a fine chef, but I can certainly get dinner on the table for 14 people. With that many, I t...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I think one of the best words in the English language is 'compassion.' I think it holds ever...
MICHAEL CRAWFORD

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.
CINDY CRAWFORD

Twitter is just like posting old-fashioned press releases, and it can be very effective in promoting...
CINDY CRAWFORD

Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things.
CHACE CRAWFORD

Having children of different races in the same environment is one thing, but having them interact wi...
ANGELA CRAWFORD

I want to help people live and not go to jail.
ANGELA CRAWFORD

It's going to take a lot of changes. It is hard to change the way people are taught (about racism) a...
ANGELA CRAWFORD

I definitely appreciate her example. I take advantage of it every chance that I get.
ANGELA CRAWFORD

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
ROGER CRAWFORD

There's a new management team in place that has a much better logistics operation and logistics mana...
BILL CRAWFORD

This border radio stuff has just come back roaring into fashion. People are more interested in the s...
BILL CRAWFORD

Gene and I just fell in love with the stories of these characters and the romance of these super-pow...
BILL CRAWFORD

Four meals a day were being served to two shifts for almost two weeks,
BILL CRAWFORD

The 238th Air Support Operations Squadron provided point-to-point communications at five sites, ... ...
BILL CRAWFORD

We had lots of people doing lots of things,
BILL CRAWFORD

The Mississippi National Guard (Air and Army) distributed more than 6 million pounds of ice, 153,000...
BILL CRAWFORD

We really do believe this is the greatest natural disaster in our history,
BILL CRAWFORD

The governor is not inclined at this point to join in lawsuits against the Department of Defense, .....
BILL CRAWFORD

It's something that has been looming over our heads. We are hoping that it would go away.
BILL CRAWFORD

I did a game at Atari Research called 'Excalibur' about the Arthurian legends. At the time, ...
CHRIS CRAWFORD

When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm de...
LILLA CRAWFORD

I'm not a fan of fillers at all. If you've gone 35 or 40 years without big lips, I don't...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I'd be totally exhausted by mid-afternoon, and I could barely climb the stairs at home. It was p...
MICHAEL CRAWFORD

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that ...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.
JOAN CRAWFORD

I've made my peace with myself.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for broads to care.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I'm a lousy reader.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I was always the second heavy.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I have a jaundiced eye but a young mind.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I get a wild hair up my nose and I want to go.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

First, I started taking dance classes, and then I started taking singing lessons. Then my mom put me...
LILLA CRAWFORD

I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

While it appears that the license violations originated from assets purchased from a third party, Id...
BOB CRAWFORD

The statute is very clear that if a county's results are not to us by 5 p.m. Tuesday we shall ignore...
BOB CRAWFORD

Dreams do come true, but you have to work for them.
BOB CRAWFORD

Unfortunately, the fire season is starting early this year,
BOB CRAWFORD

Seems like the court kind of split this baby right down the middle, ... Gore won a little bit and Bu...
BOB CRAWFORD

It is clear to me that the statute takes away any of my discretion as a member of that commission to...
BOB CRAWFORD

Last year, we had a kind of historic season of damage and fires, so what we're seeing now troubles u...
BOB CRAWFORD

I cannot even begin to think of what possibly can be in the minds of those who would set the woods a...
BOB CRAWFORD

Luckily, they were quick healers.
BOB CRAWFORD

It's not too bad because it's still early in the year. It's not like it's in September.
CARL CRAWFORD

It's not like it caught us off-guard. We knew it ws a possibility it was going to happen. You hate t...
CARL CRAWFORD

I was just mad that I got out. I had my helmet and my hat in one hand and I kind of slung both of th...
CARL CRAWFORD

It looked like he was just trying to get his rhythm in the first inning.
CARL CRAWFORD

We have bigger things on our mind than just Boston. We want to win some games.
CARL CRAWFORD

[The Devil Rays finished the season 67-95, three wins shy of the team record set last year.] It's go...
CARL CRAWFORD

He stayed in there and worked hard and finally got his shot, that's what inspired me. I was impresse...
CARL CRAWFORD

I don't get it. I don't know why it's like that. It's almost like we're being punished for having th...
CARL CRAWFORD

Add a few ingredients and maybe we can be the Cleveland Indians next year.
CARL CRAWFORD

He's been telling me little things about staying low and keeping a nice little base when I'm ready t...
CARL CRAWFORD

I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.
JOAN CRAWFORD

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
JOAN CRAWFORD

Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a differe...
MICHAEL CRAWFORD

I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini.&...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I was planning to enroll in a master's program at FSU, instead I took a vacation to Iraq.
JOHN CRAWFORD

We teach them to read in kindergarten, which makes a difference.
DON CRAWFORD

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You ne...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I always knew I wanted to have children. When I met my husband, Rande, I thought, 'This is the g...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn't see Clark[Gable]...
JOAN CRAWFORD

We would very strenuously object if they were to kill them.
DAVID CRAWFORD

They said Saddam had the electricity in Baghdad back on two months after the first Iraq War. It'd be...
JOHN CRAWFORD

When you're 13-1 in the section, 18-2 overall, there's not much a coach can be unhappy about,
DON CRAWFORD

Our sex life has been ruined since the arrival of our first baby. We can't be so spontaneous because...
CINDY CRAWFORD

Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It...
JOAN CRAWFORD

She voluntarily and consensually accompanied him to his apartment. There was consensual sexual conta...
JACK CRAWFORD

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.
CHERYL CRAWFORD

We wanted to have a human aspect to the circus, people catching each other and throwing each other. ...
ALISON CRAWFORD

This organization is now completely newly chartered as a nonprofit.
ODEL CRAWFORD

This is just such a high-quality show, and Giles County is fortunate in getting Blue Highway.
CARRIE CRAWFORD

They need to save harder and for longer than ever before to put down a decent deposit on a house.
TIM CRAWFORD

Just his presence down there, he's so athletic, ... We're going to get the best out of him.
JAMAL CRAWFORD

This is a very resilient team, and our next few (games) will be very big. I definitely feel like we ...
CARIN CRAWFORD

Everybody knows that's a major part of Rajon's game, ... He's probably the quickest player I've play...
JOE CRAWFORD

Dom and Joe are both off to a great start. I expect both to be seeded No. 1 in their weight class.
TIM CRAWFORD

I've made upwards of a million bucks in the cops-and-robbers business.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD

In reviewing the growth of school population, we really need a new building.
ANDY CRAWFORD

I don't think those deviations are material, and I recommend we move forward.
ANDY CRAWFORD

We're not hearing any overwhelming cry that we're taking the wrong path.
ANDY CRAWFORD

I just want to be a nice girl from the Midwest - I don't want to have to act like a heavy to be ...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - ...
LILLA CRAWFORD

We were all sitting in the most oil-rich country in the world, and even when people could get gas, i...
JOHN CRAWFORD

We've talked to [federal employees] from the standpoint of competitiveness. I don't see the next pre...
CLARENCE CRAWFORD

Having children of different races in the same environment is one thing, but having them interact wi...
ANGELA CRAWFORD

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their ...
JOAN CRAWFORD

I didn't feel nervous. My timing just wasn't really there. Everything seemed a lot quicker, especial...
COREY CRAWFORD

It was nerve-wracking when I had to go in. There's not much thinking. I just got out there and prepa...
COREY CRAWFORD

sometimes your bff in life is all you got so hold on to the person forever.
CAITLYNNE CRAWFORD

It was a hard cutter in, and I just tried to fight it off.
CARL CRAWFORD

There was a lot going on at the end of the game. Antonio in the stands was scary, all you could thin...
JAMAL CRAWFORD

You can look at just about everybody in our lineup and we were all guilty of not playing a strong ga...
MARC CRAWFORD

It's never a long wait. Everyone is very considerate and kind.
BARBARA CRAWFORD

A predator. He is a predator! He is looking for someone that he thinks that he can make a victim to ...
BARBARA CRAWFORD

I don't think 13 times is out of line depending whatever the facts of the case are.
BARBARA CRAWFORD

We handle each case based on what the facts of that case are.
BARBARA CRAWFORD

Once I found out it was a bone bruise and it takes four to six months to heal, then I was fine with ...
CARL CRAWFORD

If there's a face that isn't here it'll probably be mine I guess from all the rumors. I try not to g...
JAMAL CRAWFORD

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdres...
JOAN CRAWFORD

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you...
CINDY CRAWFORD

Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it.
CINDY CRAWFORD

The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ...
CINDY CRAWFORD

We are still drifting toward a rock. There is a genuine effort to get the engine restarted but I hav...
CRAWFORD FALCONER

This program is effective and strictly monitored. Once again this service does not cost the taxpayer...
DAN CRAWFORD

Being the people we are, and feeling the way that we do, getting excited about going somewhere new c...
S.R. CRAWFORD

You can’t make a small world for yourself, because what are you going to do when that small world ...
S.R. CRAWFORD

Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marylin Monroe. Bu...
JOAN CRAWFORD

Less than 1 percent of the prairie grass region remains unplowed, and this is one piece of that. So,...
RICHARD CRAWFORD

They got tired of people asking why they can't win against us. They tried to bury us early and just ...
CARL CRAWFORD

The Mallen #10-1 is a direct offset location to two prolific wells. This is the first of several loc...
CHARLES CRAWFORD

They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave...
CINDY CRAWFORD

It is shocking, mysterious and devastating and I don't understand it!
DON CRAWFORD

There are still signs that Scotland is faring better than the U.K. as a whole, with pessimism among ...
TIM CRAWFORD

The way we speak of our parents teaches our children the way they will speak of us to our grandchild...
GENE CRAWFORD

“Never defend yourself of words from a fool unless you are willing to become his/her equal.”
GENE CRAWFORD

If it's a plated affair, everyone gets a little piece of cake. But you can go a little less on a buf...
KAREN CRAWFORD

Not the way he was pitching. Everyone knew he'd come back and pitch well. I'm just happy he's OK.
CARL CRAWFORD

This happens fairly often. I have no control over whether or not I am disqualified but in the event ...
DAN CRAWFORD

It's always been special when we go to Peoria, but I would be a liar if I said this one wasn't speci...
KEN CRAWFORD

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby,...
CINDY CRAWFORD

I figured if I could get rid of the shooting part of it, I'd be OK. But it was good training because...
CHANDRA CRAWFORD

In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare.
CINDY CRAWFORD

They get the frequent-flier points.
MARC CRAWFORD

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.
JOAN CRAWFORD

Women can get you high just by simply looking at you
MAKYAH CRAWFORD

[Well, if you believed the media spin about] Monster, ... Hey! She's not just This Year's Blonde!
CINDY CRAWFORD

I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It...
MICHAEL CRAWFORD

Of course it's alarming, we wouldn't be human if we weren't a little upset about this. We were far t...
MARC CRAWFORD

All in all, it was a good effort, a gritty effort. We stuck with it.
MARC CRAWFORD

I felt Dave could have gone two or three ways with this decision. Hockey is a difficult business. I ...
MARC CRAWFORD

It is so, so unfair to paint him with the brush that he's responsible for me being here, because he'...
MARC CRAWFORD

Only if it's the wrong message. I know it wasn't wrong.
MARC CRAWFORD

I haven't been contacted by any team.
MARC CRAWFORD

Canine influenza is really the new kid on the block for vets to consider in the differential diagnos...
CYNDA CRAWFORD

This is a newly emerging pathogen in the dog population. We have been able to accumulate a lot of in...
CYNDA CRAWFORD

Dog owners who have dogs with a respiratory infection should keep their dogs at home. As far as the ...
CYNDA CRAWFORD

Despite the rumors on the Internet and elsewhere, this disease is not as deadly as some have made it...
CYNDA CRAWFORD

We're just going to see this in waves over and over again.
CYNDA CRAWFORD

My breasts are beautiful, and I gotta tell you, they've gotten a lot of attention for what is relati...
CINDY CRAWFORD

We like the idea of promoting bluegrass music, and it's a really good community affair. These rural ...
CARRIE CRAWFORD

You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.
JOAN CRAWFORD

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their face...
JOAN CRAWFORD

I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.
JOAN CRAWFORD

I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.
JOAN CRAWFORD

I love playing bitches. There's a lot of bitch in every woman - a lot in every man.
JOAN CRAWFORD

I was born in front of a camera and really don't know anything else.
JOAN CRAWFORD

I never go out unless I look like
JOAN CRAWFORD

Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an inter...
JOAN CRAWFORD

During Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, I knitted a scarf from Hollywood to Malibu.
JOAN CRAWFORD

Where's the little boy's room?
JOAN CRAWFORD

Next time I saw Crawford, she wanted another round. I told her straight-out I didn't much enjoy doin...
JOAN CRAWFORD

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear peo...
JOAN CRAWFORD

I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.
JOAN CRAWFORD

There’s that “You’re only as old as you feel” business, which is fine to a point, but you ca...
JOAN CRAWFORD

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next...
JOAN CRAWFORD

Long ago there was a little boy who lived in the wood with his father and his sister. One night, the...
S.R. CRAWFORD

I think it was an extremely difficult year for Todd. It is probably understated to say it's been the...
MARC CRAWFORD

My numbers are down from previous years, but I feel like this is my best all-around year. I feel lik...
JAMAL CRAWFORD

Previous shortages highlighted the need for additional influenza vaccine manufacturers for the U.S. ...
LESTER CRAWFORD

It's just one of of those things you have to program yourself to not worry about. It's no reason to ...
CARL CRAWFORD

It was the most painful triple I've ever got.
CARL CRAWFORD

That's the most painful triple I ever had to earn. It still hurts.
CARL CRAWFORD

It's cool, because we never had that feeling around here. So it feels great. Now we just want to kee...
CARL CRAWFORD

Not the way he was pitching,
CARL CRAWFORD

Our fans shouted him down.
CARL CRAWFORD

It's hard to deal with right now, ... It's been hurting for a while.
CARL CRAWFORD

Out of the current confusion of ideals and and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.

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Matthew B. Crawford

Out of the current confusion of ideals and and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.

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