Kansas Quotes - page 3

Barack the boy was raised by his white maternal grandparents; his Kenyan father abandoned him. The qualities Americans appeared to find universally appealing in the ambitious, affable Obama-his confidence and calm, and his commitment to community and kin, education and excellence-these came from Kansas, not Kenya. (Ilana Mercer)
If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. View quote
John Kruk
I would love to be in Kansas. View quote
Paul Reubens
There are those who are willing to be herded in droves through 'scenic' places; who find mountains grand if they be proper mountains, with waterfalls, cliffs, and lakes. To such the Kansas plains are tedious. They see the endless corn, but not the heave and grunt of ox teams breaking the prairie. History, for them, grows on campuses. They look at the low horizon, but they cannot see it, as de Vaca did, under the bellies of the buffalo. View quote
Aldo Leopold
When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nike could start you two fighting easily.” Percy gave her a sideways smile. "Yeah, we can't have another incident like in Kansas. I might kill my bro Jason.” "Or I might kill my bro Percy,” Jason said amiably. "Which proves my point,” Annabeth said. View quote
Rick Riordan
I have frozen in the mountains in rain and in hail – and slept out under the stars – and cooked and burned on the desert so that riding through Kansas on the train when everyone is wilting about me seems nothing at all for heat – my nose has peeled and all my bones have been sore from riding – I drove with friends through Arizona – Utah – Colorado – New Mexico till the thought of a wheel under me makes me want to hold my head. View quote
Georgia O'Keeffe
I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London. View quote
Hayley Atwell
Although I grew up in London, I spent summers in Missouri, where my dad lived. It's quite a liberal town, Kansas City. You'd be surprised. View quote
Hayley Atwell
I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that. View quote
Bill Kurtis
First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it. (Bill Kurtis)
I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so we could avoid tackling each other on the street. But running on the street and trying not to get taken down on the concrete, that will make you fast, that's for sure. View quote
Barry Sanders
Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible. View quote
Chely Wright
Unfortunately, diet is 75 or 80 percent of trying to get in shape, so you do have to try to cut the carbs. The diet's a huge part! I'm from Kansas, so I love ranch dressing and McDonald's. When I'm working, I have to stay away from all that! View quote
Colton Haynes
I grew up in a small town in Kansas, so I love meeting the fans. Those are the people who spend time out of their day to watch the things that I've done, and I've gotten to do some great supernatural stuff - 'Teen Wolf' and 'The Gates' before that - so it's nice when I get to go to Comic-Con every year. View quote
Colton Haynes
I like Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. With the waterfall and things like that, I think it's pretty cool. View quote
CC Sabathia
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing about Picasso, I had the audacity to knock on his door, became his friend, and took thousands of photographs, of him, his studios, his life and his friends. View quote
David Douglas Duncan
There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs. View quote
Emanuel Cleaver
Im a regular dude from Kansas who grew up with pigs and cows. View quote
Eric Stonestreet
My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road. View quote
Eric Stonestreet
My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that. (Ed Asner)
They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas. View quote
Ed Gillespie
Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati or Kansas City or Sacramento how or why or when there should be a recycling program. View quote
Howard Schultz
Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting. View quote
Howell Raines
My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad in Indiana. They had boring childhoods. View quote
Hunter Parrish