Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.
My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus.
It took a long time for me to have any impact in the business because I didn't look like an actor, I didn't sound like an actor.
I judge the jobs I've had in this business by the places they took me, and by that standard, there simply has been nothing to match 'The National Sports Daily.'
I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.
Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.
My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I was in the choir at school.
Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.
Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.
The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.'
We took an approach, supported by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Mayor for London, that we had very real fears of violence and damage being caused across the streets of London.
I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form.
There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book.
I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
My dad took me and my brother to see Corrosion of Conformity. All I remember was that there was a dude swinging a chain in the mosh pit, and the bouncers were dragging him out.
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.
I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.
In the Communist era, excrement took on political importance, because Party policy decided excrement was essential for the Great Agricultural Leap Forward.
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps back.