E.K. Blair Quotes

Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 audio books in the past and I do the animated voice for a show called Fatherhood on Nickelodeon.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

Create experiences that leave you in awe, for these will be the highlights of your life.

The only time he cries is if he’s hungry. We all have nipples. I don’t care who I offend; my baby wants to eat. If I can’t get a cover over me quick enough, so be it.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.

You get an education in school and in college. And then you start to work. and that's when you learn!

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse.

I have no fears when it comes to my hair or clothes.

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.

My teachers used to call me a failure

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.

If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.

Education is the best economic policy there is.

No animal has to suffer for me to live.

...we must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research

A wedding is such a girl thing.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

I want to see a publicly-owned railway, publicly accountable.

My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it

The distance between a person's dream and their accomplishments can only be measured by their desire.

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain, Britain. Conform to it; or don't come here.

We are going to expand enormously -- our economy, our consumption, over the years to come ... But the consequences of that on emissions are going to be severe unless we change direction.

As I have said throughout, I have no doubt that they will find the clearest possible evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.