Quotes of Overall - somelinesforyou

“ Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else's house to earn money? You're working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? You're middle class. ”

- Lawrence Sutton

“ Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real. ”

- Pat Roberts

“ Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence. ”

- Nick Price

“ I'm for ethanol, and I think it's a very important partial ingredient of the overall mix of alternative and renewable fuels we ought to commit to. ”

- John F. Kerry

“ The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media. ”

- Garrett M. Graff

“ Our ability to turn over control to a peaceful and sovereign Iraqi government is an integral part of the overall war on terror. ”

- Elizabeth Dole

“ Overall Bush's European trip has been an overwhelming success. Not once has he gotten separated from his group. ”

- David Letterman

“ Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ”

- Thomas Edison

“ The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk. ”

- Donna E. Shalala

“ Dream big dreams, then put on your overalls and go out and make the dreams come true. ”

- Fred Van Amburgh

“ Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. ”

- Phil Jackson

“ I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. ”

- Thomas Edison

“ A spaceship is a delicately balanced environment. Every element taht doesn't contribute to the overall functioning of the system is by definition working against it. The same is true of our plant - our mothership - though sadly, most architecture today is slowly fatal to nature's systems. ”

- Constance Adams

“ Overall but the rap that we're exposed to is maybe 15% of what's out there. What the major companies have done in the last few years is find out that they couldn't find any more Whitesnakes. They took a look at their marketing budget and put it behind hip-hop and figured out how to make it pop. ”

- Chuck D.

“ We stand today poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space and of an overall environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight. This, in brief, is the quiet conservation crisis. ”

- Stewart L. Udall

“ Academics often discount the value of top-rated sports programs in helping to develop a campus life and in contributing to the overall success of a college or university. Like it or not, the sports programs a college or university has are the front page of that university. ”

- James E. Rogers

“ Every actor has to establish a presence that not only fits the overall needs of the story but allows him to interact with other actors in a credible and meaningful way. Every actor wants to work under conditions and with material that enables them to create and use their craft. ”

- Tobey Maguire

“ I can't write these marvellous sentences like Martin Amis or Salman Rushdie that crackle with vitality. I do get a great writerly kick out of reading writers at that sentence level, but I suppose I only respect novelists who have a powerful overall vision… ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro
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