Backbone Quotes

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. (Reba McEntire)
Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be. View quote
Clementine Paddleford
Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy. View quote
Ruben Hinojosa
Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual. View quote
Sue Kelly
So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone. View quote
John Perry Barlow
Instead of a government with steel in its backbone, we've got one with Steel in its pocket. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. View quote
Carl von Clausewitz
He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone. View quote
Franz Kafka
The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone? View quote
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption. View quote
Bryan Cranston
The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. (W. G. Sebald)
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. View quote
Dave Ramsey
We need a backbone, not a wishbone. View quote
Joyce Meyer
A drummer is usually like the backbone. View quote
Brody Dalle
Agriculture is the backbone of the livelihood security system of nearly 700 million people in the country and we need to build our food security on the foundation of home grown food. View quote
M. S. Swaminathan
Good ideas are the backbone of good government. View quote
Brian Schweitzer
There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but you never want to hit the same note twice during a performance, I think. I think it's always got to be fresh so it doesn't bore me, and I always want to go out on edge. View quote
Casey Abrams
I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country. View quote
David Plouffe
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in. View quote
Dick Wolf
I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. View quote
John Salazar
By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Department of Energy with a budget to create more energy efficiency options, agriculture can be the backbone of our energy supply as well. (John Salazar)
Gaming is the backbone of Nevadas economy. View quote
Kenny Guinn
Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon. View quote
Michael F. Easley
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities. View quote
Tom Allen
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. View quote
William J. H. Boetcker