J. C. Watts Work Quotations

I am happy to say that after many years of hard work on promoting external defibrillators, the House of Representatives will vote on legislation on Tuesday to help save the lives of cardiac arrest victims.

Given limits on the size of departments, and as we try to have some diversity in terms of research specialties, it means that having one person depart can leave a real gap, ... If we lose those three people, yes, there will be a shortfall, but it's not like there's no one here for majors to work with. But when you find a professor's work inspiring and then suddenly that person's going, it's not really satisfying to be told there are plenty of faculty left.

I think it is very important for young people to know that, if you follow your heart and do what you believe in, it will always work out for you.

We seem to get lackadaisical around the 23rd point instead of attacking. But we've come a long way in the last three weeks. Now we just need to work on the mental aspect.

You hear from these farmers that they're not rich. They go out and work some long hours with hopes of someday leaving what they've established over their lifetimes to their kids and grandkids.

No work for love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

It's scary, ... I was so nervous about doing anything that would make a child feel uncomfortable ... so we tried to work out all these systems, you know, 'Just give me the signal that we're not acting anymore.'

I care about the people that come there, the people that work there, and I want things to be paid for.