Buck Quotations

For every dollar you give away, you'll get a hundred back. And for every buck you steal, you'll lose a thousand.

Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

It varies from song to song, although Buck Owens and I recently collaborated on writing a duet together and am looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to recording that track for the new studio album.

Dr. Esserman, who directs the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, is one of only a few surgeons in the United States willing to put women with D.C.I.S. on active surveillance instead of performing biopsies, lumpectomies or mastectomies.

This has always been a small agency with a big mission. But these days, especially, we have to stand up every day, deliver value into the hands of small-business owners and get taxpayers the biggest bang for their buck so that we can help these job creators do what they need to do.

One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these paintings we do on television?' Most of these paintings are donated to PBS stations across the country. They auction them off, and they make a happy buck with 'em.

Incumbency adds a layer of advantage on top of this party dominance. But rather than foster an environment in which members of Congress feel free to buck popular sentiment and wrestle seriously with the problems confronting the country, it reinforces the ideological divide between the parties.

The Prime Minister is head of team but its not a one woman act. I've been called all those things. Intellectual, sharp-tongued, all true. But what New Zealander is like is to know that someone is in charge and in the end the buck stops with the Prime Minister.

The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops.

To me, it's really important to drive change through a team because one person, while the buck has to stop with somebody, the company is just too big for one person.

I've liked country music for forever. And Buck Owens is just one of many country guitarists I like. I think Buck's Sixties records are really progressive.

Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.'

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers' airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes. But it was always in the air.

Whether it's their Sharia law and birther conspiracies or their unwillingness to buck Grover Norquist's no-tax pledge, the Tea Partiers have hijacked their party and carried it all the way to the right.

We're going to go back to the drawing board. Good movies are supposed to buck this trend. You hear how it's all about the product, but we have an excellent movie that people just aren't turning out for. It's something bigger.

Yes, advisers are there to do well for you, but if they can make a buck off of you they're going to.

We're just not getting enough bang for the buck here.

Ultimately the buck stops with the president. If people are upset about the economy and want to blame someone, that someone is probably going to be the president,

We've got lots of buck bass along the banks and will probably have more of the big females moving up as the water warms up a few degrees within the next few days.

The refueling of that ship in Aden, ... ...Was my decision. I pass the buck on to nobody.

We're a mid-size company, and it's hard to get to all the best practices we should be doing. We need a lot of bang for the buck because we're not able to throw a lot of people at a project.

Yes, I wanted to catch Clemens, but it's just the way it worked out. Buck said that everyone was going to get a start and we're going to back each other up.

When I was a young lad, I listened to Cream, Hendrix, Frank Zappa and the Allman Brothers. I thought they were gods. Hendrix still seems like one. But then I wanted to know who influenced them, so I had to go back to Howlin Wolf, Albert King, B.B. King and Muddy Waters. I also took a look at country greats like Jerry Reed and Buck Owens. My goal has always been to amalgamate song and flashy guitar.

When I look at these prices, it's just mind-boggling that our government has done nothing to help people, ... Harry Truman said the buck stops on his desk, and I think our president has to realize, that's where the problems of our country come to rest.

We're constantly making changes to our systems to make things better for our customers, ... This is not a problem with the software vendor, this is a problem with the NYSE and the buck stops here.

We're not changing the status of fawns. We're trying to come up with a definition that changes nothing except it lets us know how to tag a buck stag.

Less is more when it comes to color and annuals. Choosing a single color pattern carries a more dramatic visual impact than mixing and matching. And you can get more bang for the buck in terms of color and coverage by breaking the normal rules for potting and planting annuals that call for spacing them widely apart.

Olin was great to the kids. They really liked his caddy, Buck Moore. He was great with them.

She is somebody we can really depend on. When we have a problem, she or her committee will deal with it - even if she has to buck her own party a little bit.

No one is more disappointed than me in the performance we had on Saturday. As a head coach, the buck stops with me, and you are always searching for answers. Offensively we didn't block and we didn't sustain, and defensively we didn't tackle. Every time we did do something well, we took two steps back.

Nobody has more regard for Buck than I do. We're old friends. So I'm disappointed he wasn't elected. Yet, the ballots were secret. I have no idea who voted, and it's impossible to know what their reasons were.

People who buy medicines marketed via spam messages are not only encouraging the spammers to send more of their nuisance emails, but are also potentially putting their lives at risk. Daniel Lin is unlikely to be sending any more spam, but there are plenty of other spammers out there prepared to make a quick buck with their unwanted marketing messages. All computer users should defend their email addresses with up-to-date anti-spam software, and remember to never buy goods marketed via spam.

Only the president can put this matter to rest. He must tell the American people whether the Bush Oval Office is the place where the buck stops, or the leaks start.

I was at the Academy of Country Music Awards and my first record had just come out. Buck Owens walked up to me, told me he really liked my record and said, 'I believe in your talent. I believe you're three minutes ? one hit song ? from being a big star and finding your own path.' Well, two years ago, Buck walked over to me and said, 'It looks like you got those three minutes, didn't you?' You found six, nine, 12 and 15 of them.' And he told me he was proud of me.

I would passionately make the case that the harder the times, the more we need things that aren't just about keeping our job and making a buck - important though those things are. Arts programming isn't some sort of add-on or ornamental luxury.

I grew up on Buck Rodgers and Flash Gordon. There wasn't a space program or NASA when I was a kid,

I grew up with Ernie Harwell. Jack Buck is, like Ernie, an icon. Of course in 1988, when he made the call, it was a special attachment that lasted a lifetime. Let's say it was well said. I couldn't believe what I just saw, either.

I have buck teeth. I sucked my thumb until I was eleven, and then I went on to suck other things. I'm very insecure.

I can honestly say that Buck got a very fair hearing by this committee.

I am glad Buck and I got to spend some time together on his recent West Coast tour. He was a wonderful friend and he will be dearly missed.

I am still completely hands on in every aspect of my business - finally having a production manager, but the buck still stops with me on every decision big or small. I have neither a design team, a management team, a sales team or any other team for that matter!

Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry record store in Athens, where Peter Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to visit. And even their later manager, Bertis Downs, they all met and congregated at that record store. So I'm sure we wouldn't see those without the record store.

Buck was pretty much the spark of the day. Now it's just a matter of getting consistent at-bats.

Buck Shaw gave the academy instant name recognition because of his time in the NFL,

Buck O'Neil has been a great credit to baseball. He's a friend of all of ours. He has credentials that are absolutely wonderful. (But) the committee did not elect Buck O'Neil.

Buck O'Neil deserves to be in the Hall. Not just as a player, but as a human being and as a person that promotes baseball all over the world.

Buck Moore is signing more autographs than anybody else this week. He's a superstar.

Buck influenced a lot of people, from The Beatles to me. Buck and I were in a lot of battles over the years, always on the same side. Over the last few years, we'd become closer. He even flew up to Portland to see me when I opened for Dylan last year. We were outlaws together.

Buck has a broad list of unique and memorable accomplishments. But we're talking about the best of the best. And why are we just now talking about Buck O'Neil and the Hall of Fame? There was no talk of Buck in the Hall of Fame in the '60s, '70s, '80s or early '90s. If Ken Burns hadn't featured him in his documentary about the history of baseball, hardly anybody outside of Kansas City would know who he is.

Buck gave birth to a movement. At the time when he came through, his music was so different. He was a maverick in the true sense of the word.

Buck called me to see if I was interested, and I told him yeah. Obviously, if everything's OK with the Braves from their end, I feel like it's an honor to play.

Buck and I are somewhat alike. We don't get worked up or bent out of shape. Things are going to happen and you can't control it.

Based on the findings, we're recommending that 1,000 permits be added to the Northeastern region for this fall. That will increase the total number of general season buck deer permits in Utah to 96,000 for this fall.

If Buck sees him throwing 84 mph on March 6, he's going to have a heart attack. It's an issue, but people have to deal with it. There are going to be pitchers who are notorious for not getting going until right at the end of spring training. Guys aren't going to be locked and loaded; that's almost a guarantee.

France once again continues to buck the trend although there is increasing divergence.

From what we were the past two years ... it's a shell. We had to do something about it. The buck stopped last year.

I don't think we're going to buck the September trend, and I don't think we'll see a big sell-off. I think we'll see some rallying through the next week, and then a small pullback after that in late September, judging by the cycle the market has been going in.

I don't think you should make a quick buck off of other people's pain and suffering.

Globally it's unbalanced. There would be more bang for the buck if more were invested globally in pandemic vaccine development.

I give the kids a lot of credit because when we went to overtime, we had some long faces in the huddle. For them to come out, buck up, and get the job done, that was just huge.

Henry Dyer went to the Rams and got either a five or 10 thousand dollar signing bonus. Buck was drafted by the Texans and go a new car.

Today everybody played well. Buck and Randy have both been struggling with parts of their games, but they shot great today.

There is an acute shortage of product (from refineries) and this is drifting back into the futures market, ... But OPEC is passing the buck for high oil prices, it doesn't want to be held responsible for a possible worldwide recession.

Hunters in this stage are always learning new techniques and improving their skills in an effort to become better hunters. They tend to be more focused on one targeted species and spend countless hours in the field. They are usually more interested in applying management and harvest techniques, such as intensive fertilization of forage crops or limiting the buck harvest in a deer herd to improve age structure and antler production.

He didn't buck like he did the first time.

It assures that the Fed continues to not buck what was built into the futures contract, and will move by 25 basis points in September.

I thought Chris Buck had an outstanding game. What a way for these seniors to go out against St. Mary?s.

I think a lot of the buck does stop with FEMA, ... Their system for matching law enforcement needs with law enforcement resources out around the country broke down.

It has been a long hard August with significant volatility. Twenty-one of the last 30 Septembers have yielded losses on the month. It is difficult to see that this September will buck the trend.

It is huge and is worth between $300 and $400. A great deal for whoever wins at a buck a ticket.

Just follow Buck O'Neil. This man is a leader, he's a genius. He understands people. He understands life. He will keep this going. He never gives up on situations he believes in. He's not discouraged about any of this. He believes he came along at the right time and is doing the right thing. He started the Negro League Museum in Kansas City. That was his goal, his mission, and many people resented that. But he stayed on course with his situations. All of us should learn from this man. He's an ambassador, he's a humanitarian. We should follow him and see what he has to say.

I think it would be fair to say that Buck would be extremely proud of it. He understands what this is doing to spread awareness, educate people and he certainly has been very supportive of it.

The $15 arm bands on Tuesday gets the kids on everything and the buck a ride on Wednesday lets them choose their favorite for multiple rides.

I would like to publicly thank (Team USA manager) Buck Martinez for the opportunity I had today. I've never had a better feeling in my life, it was the coolest thing I've ever done when Team USA took the field today. I can't even tell you what went through my head.

We just went through a tough stretch and played five of those games on the road and dropped two at home that we could have won. We could get six or seven wins on this side of the bracket if the kids really buck up and play. ? This team could still be very dangerous.

You'll get the biggest bang for each buck by paying off the highest interest rate debt in your portfolio first, while making minimum payments on the remainder. It's called the avalanche method, and it gets you out of debt cheapest and fastest.

When I was a 25-year-old kid, I raised $260,000 for my first show, 'The Pajama Game,' in such a homemade, pathetic, endearing way - a buck here, a buck there.

We can produce ethanol at roughly a buck a gallon and that's going to be going down. We can produce soy diesel, biodiesel, at around $2 a gallon. That's probably going to get less expensive, ... These products in the ag community become very, very competitive against traditional fossil fuels and I think that means nothing but good things for ag in Michigan.

When you're in business for yourself, the buck stops with you. You don't operate in a vacuum. You have to operate in the community.

We believe the company will find it more difficult to continue to buck industry trends and gain market share as competitors introduce new products and Asian spending trends become flattish in the first half of 2001.

We were sold a bill of goods, and the buck will stop well short of the president's desk,

Troy's remarkable vision, understanding of the game and penchant for hard work were evident since day one, ... He has already blossomed into an outstanding announcer and I'm looking forward to the work that he and Joe Buck produce with the added room that a two-man booth provides. I know they will form the absolute best NFL broadcast team in the business.

We still have to see him practice and take a hit. If he is able to go hard he will help all of our offensive weapons. We may be able to play (junior running back) Buck (Johnson) more at slot.

This study shows that just passing the buck to the states isn't likely to solve the endangered species problem. Restoring endangered species is difficult no matter who's doing it. There are no quick fixes, and weakening the Endangered Species Act certainly isn't one of them.

We should see interesting performance jumps at very low power. The biggest bang for the buck should be in portable video.

We know that, obviously, Heather Buck is a big girl and is going to present problems for us and Jacquie Fernandes is a good wing player and the other Buck girl likes to bang inside. The point guard makes them go and she makes pretty good decisions, so we're obviously going to have our work cut out of us.

When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.

We thought Buck would come into his own in the second half of last season. We really didn't see that. So, offensively, it's an important year for him. No doubt about it.

The play was a buck sweep. They forced it inside and Will made a great cut and found a seam to the end zone.

What she's saying is it's the Supreme Court's duty to enforce constitutional rights. We shouldn't be passing off the buck to state legislatures to do whatever they think is right,

The governor will not be bullied into silence by a private developer trying to make a buck off public resources.

We all know that there were failures at every level of government: state, federal and local, ... The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

Those that can run it were running it and making a pretty good buck off it.

You have to watch the local clubs. I'll have kids come to me and say, 'I have a membership at (a local health club). I'll just lift there all summer.' I just tell them, 'No, no. You are going to do it in front of us. I want to see you do the work.' I don't even like the personal trainers. You just don't know what's going on. There's always some guy out there who is looking to make a quick buck off a rich teenager.

We have to continually buck the tide of increasing costs.

We're trying to get him back healthy. We really miss Buck, and you don't realize that, because Buck is not such a flashy player.

You get more bang for the buck expanding capacity with rail than by building more lanes. The Eisenhower Interstate System is now mature. We need similar vision for the 21st century. We don't just need more lanes of pavement. We need to ask how we?re going to move freight in this country. And the answer should include rail.

You get a couple of bums who take advantage of the situation, and what starts off as a very nice gesture ... turns into a sleazy methodology of trying to make a buck from it,