Buck Owens quote: "That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life."

The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy.
BUCK OWENS

I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ...
BUCK OWENS

My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously throu...
BUCK OWENS

I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don...
BUCK OWENS

I'm in an absolute frenzy towards doing as many things as I can that I want to do today. The rest ca...
BUCK OWENS

I was looking to be somebody.
BUCK OWENS

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to count...
BUCK OWENS

The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he l...
BUCK OWENS

We used to get one room and we'd park the vehicle outside, everybody would all take showers and we'd...
BUCK OWENS

Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think ...
BUCK OWENS

I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he though...
BUCK OWENS

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized f...
BUCK OWENS

I was in a zombie -like mode and I went through the motions up until January 1, 1980. And I knew I c...
BUCK OWENS

I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', ...
BUCK OWENS

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that a...
BUCK OWENS

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs t...
BUCK OWENS

I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't c...
BUCK OWENS

You get up about 2-3 o'clock in the morning and get through about 7 or 8 and 12 hours later you ...
BUCK OWENS

We used to get one room and we'd park the vehicle outside, everybody would all take showers and ...
BUCK OWENS

I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and show...
BUCK OWENS

I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he th...
BUCK OWENS

I'm in an absolute frenzy towards doing as many things as I can that I want to do today. The res...
BUCK OWENS

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used...
BUCK OWENS

The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and ...
BUCK OWENS

I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the l...
BUCK OWENS

I never expected to record again. I knew I had done everything I ever wanted to do. I was satisfied....
BUCK OWENS

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go...
BUCK OWENS

Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to th...
BUCK OWENS

We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something.
BUCK OWENS

I'm not a mean comic, I don't want to turn anybody off - I just want to give a point of view...
GARY OWENS

My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.
GARY OWENS

Like I always tell people, I don't pander to any audience, but you have to play to your audience...
GARY OWENS

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is hea...
BILL OWENS

We're hoping we can just compete. This will probably be one of the best teams we've had in a long ti...
AARON OWENS

But it will probably be a different story when flu season hits.
AARON OWENS

We have experience back. And, they've worked so hard.
AARON OWENS

He's strong-armed and impressive. He can throw the ball 55 to 60 yards.
AARON OWENS

We still think we have the kids to utilize it well.
AARON OWENS

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.
TERRELL OWENS

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocki...
TERRELL OWENS

One chance is all you need.
JESSE OWENS

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determin...
JESSE OWENS

People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you. The liv...
JESSE OWENS

I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You c...
JESSE OWENS

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invis...
JESSE OWENS

To me, we must learn to spell the word RESPECT. We must respect the rights and properties of our fel...
JESSE OWENS

If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.
TERRELL OWENS

We're dealing with whether we're going to accept the idea of socialism and Marxism and athei...
BURGESS OWENS

The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy l...
MAJOR OWENS

My dad and uncles were among the 125,000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entir...
BURGESS OWENS

Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, ...
GARY OWENS

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
MAJOR OWENS

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their ...
BILL OWENS

A lot of emotional stress that people go through, some people figure out a way to handle it. They ha...
TERRELL OWENS

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
JESSE OWENS

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.
JESSE OWENS

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.
JESSE OWENS

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
JESSE OWENS

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.
JESSE OWENS

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to...
JESSE OWENS

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ...
JESSE OWENS

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
JESSE OWENS

Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.
JESSE OWENS

To actually accept that you have an eating disorder or a mental health issue is actually a sign of g...
NIGEL OWENS

On our way to the Super Bowl XV Championship, the Oakland Raiders played a frigid 1981 AFC playoff g...
BURGESS OWENS

Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education faciliti...
MAJOR OWENS

We're looking for a win, because we want to be as hot as we can be going into the tournament. We hav...
ANDRE OWENS

We're just looking to the conference tournament. If we had won just one more of those (SLC) games, w...
ANDRE OWENS

It's our intensity I guess. We just weren't focused. We need to figure it out.
ANDRE OWENS

I don't know what it is, discipline I guess. We've got to figure it out, and we've got to fix it now...
ANDRE OWENS

Getting those guys back was big. Now, we have to carry it on into the next one.
ANDRE OWENS

It was frustrating to watch. There were a lot of guys scoring that we didn't expect to score.
ANDRE OWENS

Everything that I've gone through since the end of 2010, from me finding out about my financial ...
TERRELL OWENS

It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when -...
BILL OWENS

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become cor...
JESSE OWENS

Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern wh...
BURGESS OWENS

White Americans, stop apologizing; we live in the greatest country in the history of mankind, and it...
BURGESS OWENS

I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by...
BURGESS OWENS

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invi...
JESSE OWENS

The NAACP was not a black-run, black-originated organization. It was run by 21 white, socialist, ath...
BURGESS OWENS

As a former NFL player, I am one American who will have nothing to do with any NFL Team that cannot ...
BURGESS OWENS

The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart cre...
MAJOR OWENS

Some people are too prideful to go out and reach out to people to help them in that situation becaus...
TERRELL OWENS

Pillow Girl. It's a statement on sexuality and femininity, the oppression of women. It lets you read...
BRIAN OWENS

We pull something off that we have no right to pull off. We're a hand-to-mouth festival. We've made ...
BRIAN OWENS

We can now begin the policy discussion about ways to prevent (new infections) in the prison populati...
BRIAN OWENS

He tries to control what's going on in front of him. He stays pretty cool. For the most part when he...
BRIAN OWENS

We did research and found that our customers, with the cost of fuels and the cost of living being hi...
BRIAN OWENS

There's always so many different dishes.
BRIAN OWENS

I'm sure there's been some anxiety for some of our people since the announcement (about the move). B...
BRIAN OWENS

As I come to the close of my tenure as CEO, I am pleased that Nortel can now move from this phase of...
BILL OWENS

It's going to be an essential headquarters location for some of the worldwide operations as well as ...
BILL OWENS

Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project.
BILL OWENS

We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign ...
BILL OWENS

A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In ...
BILL OWENS

If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen.
BILL OWENS

We know that, when it comes to technology and the economy, if you're not constantly moving forward, ...
BILL OWENS

Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us h...
BILL OWENS

Marconi now gets the benefit of scale and a true global brand, which it truly needed.
BILL OWENS

It's not just frivolous lawsuits that weigh down the economy; the ever-increasing cost of health ins...
BILL OWENS

I thought if we could've just hit five more of those free throws, we'd have been in good shape. If y...
CAROL OWENS

It's good to have momentum at this in the season. But we have to come out and focus on the things we...
CAROL OWENS

Raymond is going to have her game, and Coleman is going to have hers. But it's what everyone else do...
CAROL OWENS

When I first joined, everyone made me feel so comfortable right from the start. It was almost like b...
CAROL OWENS

I felt like we put ourselves in a very good position to host. It's an opportunity we haven't had in ...
CAROL OWENS

We were not ready to play as physical of a game as we expected to. We need to have a sense of urgenc...
CAROL OWENS

Having played in so many different countries, I consider it a real honor to represent our nation in ...
CAROL OWENS

I thought it was a good game from a spectator point of view. We certainly had our opportunities thro...
CAROL OWENS

Western's a very good team. They have lots of offensive weapons on their team.
CAROL OWENS

I've heard this rhetoric for a long time. In my district, I don't believe a Democratic opponent can ...
CAROL OWENS

We don't have to wonder or drift with society; the Lord has a very strong and clear pathway of w...
BURGESS OWENS

W. E. B Dubois used the NAACP platform for two decades to discredit the character, reputation, and f...
BURGESS OWENS

I don't know what happened. I can't even begin to explain it. I wasn't pressing. I thought I was rel...
CHAD OWENS

I don't know what happened,
CHAD OWENS

You've got to always want the ball, ... You've got two athletes right there trying to make a play on...
CHAD OWENS

Maybe people are impressed because their expectations may have been of me as a return man. I'm tryin...
CHAD OWENS

I'm focusing on learning everything as fast as I can, ... With as much competition as there is here,...
CHAD OWENS

I think I'm showing them they can put me in certain situations, and I'll be able to get them a quick...
CHAD OWENS

I can't say I'm having the best camp of the receivers here,
CHAD OWENS

It's a good exercise. It really helps with my flexibility. I do the spider drill all of the time.
CHAD OWENS

High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further econom...
MAJOR OWENS

Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
BILL OWENS

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of c...
JESSE OWENS

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invisi...
JESSE OWENS

Like my boy tells me; if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.
TERRELL OWENS

The local population knows who the bad guys are, ... So when the fear of retaliation is removed, the...
CHARLES OWENS

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invisib...
JESSE OWENS

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose...
JESSE OWENS

Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.
JESSE OWENS

I always loved running / it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You co...
JESSE OWENS

If it's clay, it pretty much means it was here before 10,000 B.C.. Most archaeologists don't believe...
JESSE OWENS

It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler,
JESSE OWENS

Coach Thompson has been preaching since he got the job that with hard work, anything can happen. And...
DARREL OWENS

From 1865 to 1965, my race, the black race, was one of the most competitive, entrepreneurial, Christ...
BURGESS OWENS

In the decades since my youth, I've witnessed the explosion of fatherless families and an expone...
BURGESS OWENS

When I'm around him, he tries to downplay it, like everything is cool, ... But I'm not sure it is.
TERRELL OWENS

As black Americans continue to be insulted and dismissed by protected white liberals, the Black Tale...
BURGESS OWENS

There is still a lot of rubble that needs to be removed.
CHARLES OWENS

Everybody is jumping on organic. It's a niche market. Only 2 to 3 percent of consumers buy organic.
ANTHONY OWENS

Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can...
MAJOR OWENS

As it stands now, no one has confirmed whether [Hussein] is dead or alive. His regime is gone, so ba...
CHARLES OWENS

We have to collect ourselves and regain our shooting touch.
CAROL OWENS

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.
TERRELL OWENS

It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted...
MAJOR OWENS

Everybody is not going to be squeaky clean.
TERRELL OWENS

Enlightenment: Not thinking you know but knowing you don't.
JOHN OWENS

Onassis told Jerry about it at a dinner in New York. People trusted Jerry because his word was his b...
CHARLES OWENS

[Owens said Iraqis are making strides toward improving conditions in their country.] People do not l...
CHARLES OWENS

Personally, I can think of no faster path to a worldwide recession than for the twin engines of the ...
JIM OWENS

We have a strong culture base with food, using it to celebrate weddings, birthdays, graduations and ...
SARAH OWENS

As its citizens humbly recommit to an acceptance of guidance from the God of our fathers, our nation...
BURGESS OWENS

Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops ...
MAJOR OWENS

I feel like it was a little disrespectful but you know what I feel like, I have been successful, ble...
TERRELL OWENS

Yellowstone Park does not belong to Wyoming. It belongs to all of us.
WAYNE OWENS

It was just amazing to see. I told him I was really honored to paddle next to such a world-class swi...
CHRIS OWENS

Sometimes the whole thing cracks me up, it's so absurd,
RICK OWENS

I'd give up any individual titles for a championship. I'm always happier to see the team win.
SHERIE OWENS

It was a tough election for all. Everyone cares for Colorado, and I understand why others feel diffe...
BILL OWENS

The former employee was suspended immediately upon [the] allegations and, after internal and externa...
PETE OWENS

In this situation, had it been someone like Brett Favre, they would have called him a warrior.
TERRELL OWENS

The visionary, industrious, Christian, and segregated black community of the early- to mid-1960s und...
BURGESS OWENS

We read of the courageous march south to battle the Confederate Army by the all-black 54th Massachus...
BURGESS OWENS

It's just not that catchy. Who makes these decisions? Washington's spectacular. It doesn't need a sl...
SARAH OWENS

She specifically didn't want a separate dining room, so we made sure we incorporated it nicely, as a...
JENNIFER OWENS

It was the understanding of the power of perception that allowed the Martin Luther King, Jr. generat...
BURGESS OWENS

This past season was one of the worst we've had with the Oriental fruit moth.
ANTHONY OWENS

Jerry, I know what?s expected of me. I won?t let you down.
TERRELL OWENS

I'll watch the highlights every now and then but, as far as watching the game, I feel like I am the ...
TERRELL OWENS

[How much to prescribe is an open question.] The absurdity of this is that a lot of times we're put ...
JUDITH OWENS

He's been there for us, and he's also been there for his wife. He's like Superman, in two places at ...
DARREL OWENS

Heart surgery is quite a big event and people are keen to know about their particular surgeon.
ANDY OWENS

We jumped on 'em early by hitting the ball extremely well in the early innings. They are a young tea...
ANDY OWENS

It might be a rebuilding year for us, but we're going to be competitive because we have our pitcher ...
ANDY OWENS

They hung around. I was a little nervous. We hit a couple posts in the second period, and sometimes ...
SCOTT OWENS

People believe. They believe in the desire of state government to help. They believe that the overwh...
BILL OWENS

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that ...
MAJOR OWENS

We scraped back and that was good to see. We are so young and we'll learn from this and from our mis...
DAVID OWENS

As soon as she pulled up the picture, I knew it was Sommer. I went into my bedroom and kind of cried...
DAVID OWENS

I am very pleased with the progress our kids have made this year. They have improved and gained valu...
DAVID OWENS

They must be very profitable because folks work hard to find a place to put them.
DAVID OWENS

If you start pressing the edges and going beyond what other folks have done, sooner or later the cou...
DAVID OWENS

It was just one tremendous explosion. Just, boom! Nothing like you've ever heard. I've been to the f...
DAVID OWENS

It was pretty tough, really, because it was so humid. The rain kind of cooled it off, but after that...
DAVID OWENS

It'd be kind of nice, but it's already been enough to be recognized here by my colleagues in Norther...
DAVID OWENS

We do not have a racial crisis; we have an ideology crisis. We have socialists, Marxists, and libera...
BURGESS OWENS

Jerry spoke with Hughes (Jr.) several times a day, usually at 2 or 3 a.m., when Hughes called him. T...
CHARLES OWENS

As a 10-year veteran of the NFL, I had a unique perspective weekly to see the heartfelt commitment o...
BURGESS OWENS

We live in the greatest country in the history of mankind every single day.
BURGESS OWENS

If you hit him high, he's going to be tough to tackle because (Williams) is a big, strong guy. It su...
MIKE OWENS

There was a different, visionary team commitment that guided the black community at the beginning of...
BURGESS OWENS

This year, we must address the Colorado Paradox. We have more college degrees per capita than any st...
BILL OWENS

Our wins and losses are really predicated on how he plays,
TERRELL OWENS

That little rascal can bring it up there. He's touched 90 a few times, has a good curve and an aweso...
TOM OWENS

We want all students, white, black, middle-class, affluent, working class, international students, t...
JAYANTI OWENS

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake h...
JESSE OWENS

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls...
MAJOR OWENS

I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to ac...
TERRELL OWENS

Everything is automated nowadays and no one wants to be active.
SARAH OWENS

The only people that really matter are the people that are in my inner circle.
TERRELL OWENS

I just feel like with God you can't be defeated.
TERRELL OWENS

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life.

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Buck Owens

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life.

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