John Clarke Quotations

Until we get final approval, we don't know exactly where we can plant the rest of the trees. We also have to order the seedlings one year in advance, so we'll be ready to plant as many as 50,000 by next spring.

Most people wanted to know when we were going to get on with it and when they could move up there.

Mike is like our second lead-off hitter. He does a nice job getting on base and he gives us some speed at the bottom of the order.

If we see to it that wages conform to the final productivity of social labor, we should see to it that trusts do not lower that standard.

He had said he was FBI, he had a badge, it was phony but I didn't know. I thought he was a police officer.

God sends you joy, for sorrow will come fast enough

Greenways are paths where the natural and human landscapes coincide.

Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns

My mom wanted us to be the best we could be

Many years later I had the privilege of teaching the future Queen of Denmark when she came to Cambridge as Princess Margarethe to take her Diploma.

It could very well end up being more than 3,500. There's no question that this is going to be a big win for us.

We do not defend the perversions of the natural economic system; but because they are perversions merely, we shall remove them and keep the system.

To be a good goalkeeper you have to learn every aspect of the game. You have to know everyone else's position because they're coming at you.

We want to make sure none of this money gets away from us.

When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows

We're not issuing threats to anyone's safety. But at the same time I'll say very candidly, that if the millionaires and billionaires who live there feel uncomfortable, we're not going to cry any tears over that fact.

This year it gives me the greatest pleasure to accept the Erasmus Prize from your hands for contributions made to the study of Prehistory.

What the FAA has in place hasn't worked. We are absolutely serious. We want it required. This isn't a big love fest out there. FAA has to wield a big hammer to make it happen, and we're going to help them.

What the FAA has in place hasn't worked at all.

We go to second, third, fourth, and fifth grades with the different ensembles, ... Last year, we did 90 ensemble programs and seven concerts, reaching 16,000 kids in the classes and performances. We bring them to Richardson Auditorium or the State Theater for our concert in May. There is nothing like a live performance. Hearing a live performance of classical music by professional musicians in a very exciting manner is a wonderful experience. These kids are the audiences of the future.

We had plenty of altitude heading over the pass, but then we lost altitude quite rapidly. Brooks did whatever he did to maintain altitude. He tried to do whatever he could to pull up.

Brooks is a good pilot. He has been a pilot for years. I'd fly with him again tomorrow.

Even something, such as Route 9 south, can be turned, over time, into a greenway.

Everything sounded fishy. All he talked about was do you got any money. He was bleeding me. I got a couple buck.

The word was that there were some fairly punchy offers around, but perhaps it was difficult to achieve because of competition issues surrounding the other publishers buying the entire business.

After John received his degree, he joined DSV, a venture capital firm in Princeton, and when I had my third child, I stopped working, ... We loved Philadelphia and had a great old house in Center City, but we decided to give Princeton a try. At first, I was a bit confused after the move. I wasn't sure what to do. The girls were now five, three, and six months, and they really grew up here. Now, I love Princeton. It's a great place to raise children, and John has his own venture capital firm, Cardinal Partners, on Nassau Street.

You need street trees to form canopies that help unify the street. They provide shelter for the sidewalk and keep people separated from traffic. It's almost mandatory.

This award is presented by the state. They make their choices based on both athletic and academic excellence.

This is an area of interest for us. The idea of global brands is always attractive for us and we have developed them well.

They shouldn't be happening, and they are preventable.

A lot of us who live up here are just appalled anybody would think about using the mountains to solve Atlanta's traffic problems.

They are preventable and they shouldn't be happening. We think those numbers are unacceptable.

This is a very unfortunate situation. (Jackson) can be productive.

It's the idea of mixing uses in close proximity, so you can get to the store from your house on foot, or on a bicycle, or in a short drive in a car. There will a post office, town hall, and other civic uses all within the perimeter.

It's a natural progression from Matchbox to your first car at 16 -- always thinking bigger, better and faster.

It's very popular, by far the most popular item.

That score right before the half was big for them. They went in at half with the momentum.

The key to our philosophy was to have an educational value to everything we do.

I learned that no matter how old you are in the world, you can always help someone. I had to get out there and help. I didn't want to be living in the street, so I'll get out there and pick some oranges or something, help my mother out and show her love.

I loved the orchestra from the beginning, ... In addition to allowing me to play, it soon evolved into a volunteer outlet for me.

If one industry were a complete monopoly it could not force wages below the rate fixed by the final productivity of labor in other industries.

I just took a short walk away from the plane. I'm gonna buy a lottery ticket tonight!

I really think it's her confidence level. Last year as a freshman, she won some big games and this year she's been super confident in her abilities.

In theory, the boards should be using the Greenway book as part of their decision-making process, but the key word is 'voluntary.' It's a voluntary program, based on incentives and guidelines, rather than requirements and mandates.

In everything I have done here, I've been in the company of great women who devote themselves to bettering this town. There is a great volunteer ethic here.

Hills are bulldozed, valleys filled and runoff is piped underground. Significance is also given to the needs of automobiles and only a paltry percentage of the site is typically dedicated to public parks. All this must change if we want to create communities with an enduring balance between humans and nature, especially in places with inviting and challenging landscapes like the Foothills.

By reason of this objection on the legal side, the conclusive objection on the economic side is in danger of falling out of sight.

Home is home, though it be never so homely.

The key is never to skip a year in pruning.

This is my best year coaching. The girls really care about each other.

The great thing is, everything is in our community right here. Those are dollars that get spent here. So for us, we?re investing in the community.

A half mile is as far as you can expect people to walk.

A modern producer does not wish to keep the identical things that he makes; but he does want to keep the value that he brings into existence.

And everyone, everyone ? everyone ? knew what they were. They knew someone had drowned there. Even though the messages were faded and worn away, everyone knew what the posts were.