Quotes of: Washington-state Keyword

The reason we call ships "she" is that it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

Chester W. Nimitz

I've really gotten into fashion, and ever since I got into the NBA, I feel like players are walking billboards.

Chandler Parsons

I'm kind of a beach bum from Florida, and I have a very different style. I like tight-fitting, Euro-fitting clothes, colored pants.

Chandler Parsons

I feel like I'm a confident dude, so I feel like I can get away with wearing something bold.

Chandler Parsons

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.

Chris Paul

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.

Chris Paul

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

Chris Paul

Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into the culture of Congress.

Chuck Todd

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

Horatio Nelson

It seems the EPA has worked hard to devise new regulations that are designed to eliminate coal mining, coal burning, usage of coal.

Hal Rogers

They all have excellent resumes... So what I’m trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure.

Hyman G. Rickover

I'm trying to avail myself of the various technologies to get the message that Washington needs to be cleaned up, that the system that's in place is not what's beneficial in the country.

Jack Abramoff

Spread the gospel that the Marine Corps is a force that has changed. We're not in 1942 anymore.

James F. Amos

If you're not ready the moment things happen, then you're irrelevant, you might as well not go.

James F. Amos

Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.

James F. Amos

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

John Abizaid

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

John Abizaid

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

John Abizaid

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.

John Quincy Adams

I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.

John Buford

It is too late; now I wish I could live.

John Buford