Backbone Quotations

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.

A well-educated populace is the backbone of our middle-class.

And Republican women have always been the backbone of our party. We do the work, we are strong believers in conservative values. Having more of those voices in place at a state level is going to be a great improvement for us as a party.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And so agriculture will be the backbone of the economy of South Sudan.

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

Power plants are an infrastructure backbone that I want to be seriously involved in; this is because the country is rapidly developing and has high demand for electricity.

I don't have any contempt for the men who have to have jobs and have to commute and have to pay the mortgage and have to get their kids an education. To me, that's the backbone of America, to coin a phrase.

Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They don't have any confidence in themselves. They always think a white man will solve their problems from outside for them.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot

This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest.

There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.

How is the base sequence, divided into codons? There is nothing in the backbone of the nucleic acid, which is perfectly regular, to show us how to group the bases into codons.

You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.

In the late '80s and early '90s, there was a slightly retro drum sound that was popular in hip-hop music called the 808 bass drum sound. It was the bass drum sound on the 808 drum machine, and it's very deep and very resonant, and was used as the backbone as a lot of classic hip-hop tracks.

It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.

Health is certainly extremely important, and we've done a number of things at Facebook to help improve global health and work in that area, and I am excited to do more there, too. But the reality is that it's not an either-or. People need to be healthy and be able to have the Internet as a backbone to connect them to the whole economy.

We're interested in supporting workers who are the backbone of the industry.

Working with the Internet2 community, we will be building more powerful applications that will be feasible only on a backbone like Abilene. We hope this will lead customers into the next era of e-business as these applications migrate over to the commercial Internet.

I'm a woman and I'm a backbone...everybody needs one.

I have the backbone of an eel.

My Christian faith is my backbone

This proposal is going to create a national identification card for the first time. It literally sets up the backbone for a system to track all Americans throughout their lives -- their movements, where they're going to and where they're coming from,

For your own good, for the good of your family and your future, grow a backbone. When something is wrong, stand up and say it is wrong, and don't back down.

Let's say you get a patent on something like a pop-up window. Of course, you could, in theory, go after everyone on the Internet, but you don't. What you end up doing is picking off the weak members of the herd, companies that don't have the money to defend themselves or independent Web sites, or occasionally big companies that you think will not have very much backbone and will quickly settle.

Low-cost, high-grade coal, oil and natural gas - the backbone of the Industrial Revolution - will be a distant memory by 2050. Much higher-cost remnants will still be available, but they will not be able to drive our growth, our population and, most critically, our food supply as before.

Seasonal is the first thing. And then seasonal Southern. The backbone of it is traditional Southern cooking.

Seniors are the backbone of America as far as I'm concerned.

She's a solid goalie who's been playing really well. When we played (Mankato) in college, she was the backbone of their team. She really helped them out and saved a lot of games or made close ones out of others that would've been blowouts.

She's been doing that all year long for us. She's the backbone of this team and this defense. We're not giving many shots, but when we do give them, we know we've got somebody back there that's going to make the save when it counts.

She comes every day to practice and works real hard. She's a great kid. She gets a lot of offensive rebounds and she's been learning the post moves. She's come a long way. She just fights for everything she gets. She's really a hustler. She's certainly been the backbone offensively along with Jess Donovan.

Most people know us as providing drinking water and taking away sewage, but we are the backbone of fire protection, ... We've spent close to $3 million in improvements largely to improve fire protection.

If we can't handle their pressure, we're not going to win. Our guard play has been pretty good. It's been the backbone of our team.

Because the Web is a critical business backbone for the state, we determined that we needed to apply a proxy infrastructure to ensure critical control, protection and performance. We selected Blue Coat due to the comprehensive capabilities, ease of deployment, management, and overall flexibility and power of its proxy appliances. We are also pleased with our network performance, already seeing a significant WAN bandwidth savings with the Blue Coat proxy appliances.

I hate that we had to lose a player like him. It hurts me. I wanted to come to a team that had a backbone quarterback. But now I just hope we make the right decision.

He was a tremendous individual. I met him when I was elected as a fellow commissioner, and we spent many hours together working to solve problems. He was the backbone -- we wouldn't be where we are today if it hadn't been for his efforts,

I always say that we're the backbone of the team. We're our toughest critics. ... It's just that we've got so many expectations for our defense, and we really want to go out there and not have anybody score -- not even have anybody come into our territory.

He had the backbone to fashion his own agenda.

There is a heavy use of neutral colors and smoky tones. People are being more cautious, and neutral colors have traditionally provided the backbone of a wardrobe.

We've got to help small businesses because they are the backbone of our economy. We've got to increase opportunities for everyone and we can do that by helping women and minority-owned businesses.

He?s been tough to beat down the stretch. He played great. He?s definitely the backbone of that team. He really impressed me.

He's been the backbone of our team. He's come to play every night and given us the chance to win. He's a guy we can count on and look for to play each night.

He's being a little modest right now. He was the backbone of the team tonight. Without him, we wouldn't have won this game. It makes it easier for the rest of us and you can't say enough about him.

We have to ascertain whether the sale is about the entirety of the Internet backbone business. If it is, it would be likely to address our concerns about the overlap.

He was kind of the backbone of our Doomsday defenses. He kind of coached like he played. He was a hard-working, hard-trying individual who had a lot of patience in developing young players. He was easy-going and well-liked. The thing with him was that he made everybody feel at home.

He is the backbone of the team. Hopefully we can just do a little better in front of him.

It clearly tells us that consumers have and will continue to sustain and support economic growth, ... Consumers have really been the backbone of current economic growth and will continue to be a stabilizer for the balance of this year.

I think the fact that we were forcing the game and we were away from home in Kansas City, who is undefeated, kind of tells you that the backbone of team. We did make changes, we were forced into a couple of changes, but it never knocked us off our straight, we kept pushing forward. But we just never got that break in the penalty box when we needed it. It's just not running for us in the penalty box at the moment.

I think the bill makes a strong statement and provides some backbone regulations on how U.S. Internet companies should operate in China, but it will be difficult to enforce.

Last-mile services to customers must be integrated, providing both voice and data, because the backbone is integrated, ... Modems and ISDN are too slow, and cable and wireless aren't there yet. DSL is the only complete solution for the last mile.

I think sports and entertainment is kind of the backbone of what our society is about these days, for better, for worse. I think it only can grow.

Our junior class is the backbone of our program right now, ... It is very evident, as all four have been major contributors this fall. You expect leadership from veterans and we have gotten leadership from them this fall, but I am expecting even more throughout the year.

Our goal is to foil government plans to hold the municipal elections and to break the backbone of the autocratic regime.

Oracle kind of has the backbone to be in the hosted business, but it isn't, while Siebel already is.

Our defense was just fantastic as it has been all year. It has been the backbone of our team all year.

I'm hoping we could develop a code fair to everyone throughout the city, but more importantly we need to have backbone to enforce whatever we do adopt.

Membership has not grown. Women were once the backbone of the symphony audience, but that has shifted over the last three decades,

We'll be more comfortable playing together this year. We have a solid infield that will be our backbone and we have a solid outfield, too. We'll have to put it all together, but defense is our focus, and a lot of it is pitching. If you don't have pitching, it's hard to win a game, and Gabby is strong.

Wellington Mara was a dear friend and football fans everywhere mourn his passing. Throughout my tenure as an NFL owner he was an invaluable advisor in person and in our many phone calls. As a Hall of Fame owner and backbone of the League, he shaped the sport we all love so dearly. My thoughts and prayers are with his family during this sad time.

We'll probably be fairly small. The U.S. military will be the backbone of what will allow us to knock you out. Right now, the military has the most interesting things going on.

Transportation has been the backbone of the Chicago economy ever since the city was founded, ... First it was water, then railroads, then highways and then aviation.

The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone -- but we're not going to sit by and let them rewrite history,

We are dedicated to providing our customers powerful solution offerings that deliver a scalable security backbone to support identity management across evolving corporate and IT landscapes, ... Siemens identity management solution complements our platform and business solutions in order to drive enhanced competitive advantage for our customer base.

Volunteers are the backbone of Special Olympics. There are a variety of ways you can help out.

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

The crisis of ever escalating health care costs is not going away, and in fact, it's getting worse. Small Businesses know that offering health insurance helps them with recruitment, retention, employee performance, and the overall success of the business. This is something I firmly believe Congress should address right now. Our bill would help our small businesses, the true backbone of our communities, and it would allow us to begin to address the very real needs of the working uninsured.

It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe.

We're trying to win another sectional title. We always feel Pearl River is better in the spring. ... This group of seniors have really been the backbone of this team and they've always put the team first.

We don't need new law we have immigration laws we just need to get some backbone in congress and the white house and say this is it.

There comes a point in life where we need to give back to the community. The backbone of the chamber is to give back.

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over yet. We've still got two weeks to go, and the offense has to come around. We're day to day with our offense.

We have many, many significant historic trees. Fortunately, the backbone of the great live oaks still exists.

Faith is the backbone of what this place is about.

We need to have a master plan we need to have a backbone to preserve the greenways and protect the watershed.

This unit is going to be the backbone of our team this season. We know what this group is capable of doing and they are going to have to play well for us, really set the tone in games.

What's been the backbone of social stability has changed as the number of part-time and temporary workers goes up.

We want to ensure that companies are living up to their claims consistently. If they're offering multiple T3 access, we'll check with the backbone providers to make sure there are T3s there and not a single T1.

You have to be careful. There are not many sectors that are doing well out there. This is a slowing economy. People are looking for security of earnings. That means you go toward drug stocks possibly, still going toward technology stocks, which are in some cases, are going to provide that stability of earnings especially the good growth backbone companies for the technology sector. Avoid cyclical stocks, avoid retail stocks. Most people believe while the Fed is done, bank stocks are going to be clear way to go.

Bob said and thought what the silent majority -- the God-fearing taxpayer and the backbone of the country -- thought. He wrote it like it was.

Brandi Hungerford is the backbone of the state's case. She is the star witness, ... Brandi Hungerford is a consummate liar.

Eric has been the backbone of this team. He has been hot for the last month and a half. He is making key saves at the right time. The key to going far in this tournament is goaltending. If you have a hot goalie, then there's a good chance your team will go far. Eric has been playing great for us. He is one of the best goalies around.

The Take Care NPs are supported by standardized protocols that I am confident will ensure quality care. This electronic backbone decreases the chance of a failed handoff.

Russian natural gas will remain the backbone of European gas supplies. But we should strive for gas pipeline diversification and a search for alternative energy sources.

Pretty much from 1979 through 1988, the backbone of my career was the theater. Working on Broadway a couple of times, working off-Broadway, and also doing a lot of regional theater. Make no mistake, I lived very frugally. I had an apartment that was real cheap. I would get two or three jobs per season, and in between I'd be on unemployment.

advance America's foreign policy interests overseas - the backbone of our foreign affairs.

Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.

Specifically in the (long-range plan) we will accelerate improvements in key corridors that form the backbone of the state's transportation system, which will lead to economic development through greater mobility.

Defense has been the backbone of our entire season. We can step up and stop people when we need to stop them.

Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses.

Any director who comes into a revival owes a great deal to the original director. If I know the backbone works, it gives me, as a director, much more freedom to bring something new to it or try something different.

This isn't about assembling Lego blocks but rather about building a backbone that can scale and that can allow others to build on top of it.

This additional capital is a tremendous catalyst for the company and will provide us with the financial resources to implement our clinical program, for both our T-cell and stem cell technologies and to fulfill their potential as life-saving therapies. We believe that the strengthening of our capital structure in connection with the reverse stock split will provide the backbone for a strong organization with prospects for a Nasdaq listing.

They were looking for a backbone for an innings and they got that from Kallis and Prince. They really gave us little opportunity. They've put themselves in a good position by the end of the day.

They supply almost all the largest telecom companies in the world with some of the backbone products for voice messaging and things of that nature, ... This stock has surprised analysts -- met or exceeded analyst expectations for 20 straight quarters.

They are creating the backbone that all the other communications companies can utilize.

They are the backbone of our team and have really done a good job this season.

The more powerful and concentrated our facilities grow, the more they have the ability, and perhaps even the incentive, to close off Internet lanes and block IP pathways, ... The conditions we adopt today speak directly to this issue before increased concentration of last-mile facilities and the Internet backbone make it intractable.

It was really emotional for us. He's been the backbone of our team for a long time.

It is the intelligence and the reporting of asset data that makes a difference. We have the ability to collect a huge amount of information from the largest IT backbone in the world.