Lou Beale Quotes

Having traveled initially to get away, ultimately we travel to come home. ~ Mary-Lou Weisman

I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views. ~ Lou Reed

So what if someone wrote your obituary ... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die. ~ Lou Holtz

I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet. ~ Carl Yastrzemski

You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel. ~ Lou Holtz

Never worry about missing a field goal. Just blame the holder and think about making the next one. ~ Lou Groza

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks. ~ Lou Gerstner

If the record was picked up by Dot Records, I would imagine that they would have wanted both sides of the record to be something by Lou alone which would account for the dropping of 'So Blue'. ~ Phil Harris

[Stephanie] 'You see, Mrs. Mayer was going on about George's lodge, and how he wanted to be buried with his ring, and so Grandma had to check the ring out, and in the process broke off one of George's fingers. Turns out the finger was wax. Somehow Kenny got into the mortuary this morning, left Spiro a note, and chopped off George's finger. And then while I was at the mall tonight with Mary Lou, Kenny threatened me in the shoe department. That must have been when he put the finger in my pocket.' [Morelli] 'Have you been drinking? ~ Janet Evanovich

I am starting to look like and perform like the Lou that I used to be. ~ Lou Gramm

I opted out of the band. ~ Lou Gramm

One thing about me is I try to be honest. ~ Lou Holtz

Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes. ~ Lou Diamond Phillips

It's time for fathers to war for their kids more than the culture wars for your kids. ~ Lou Engle

You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody. ~ Lou Holtz

You need a hobby if you expect to live for centuries. ~ Lou Harper

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today. ~ Lou Holtz

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. ~ Lou Holtz

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field. ~ Lou Holtz

I never liked the Beatles. I thought they were garbage. ~ Lou Reed

If you feel a need to get wired, take my advice. Loud, fast music coupled with strong, black coffee is the best way to go. ~ Lou Brutus

When he leaned in this time, Lou was prepared, turning her face so his lips met her cheek instead of her mouth. She met his glower with a stern look of her own. PDAs required a prior discussion and agreement by both involved parties. He couldn't just go throwing his testosterone around because there were other males lurking nearby. ~ Katie Ruggle

I like mindless disco ... they say the lyrics are stupid and repetitious. So what's wrong with that? So is lying in the sun. Not everything has to be serious. ~ Lou Reed

Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over. ~ Mary Lou Retton

The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision. ~ Lou Gerstner

There's something I find highly embarrassing about it. As soon as I think I've written something smart, the next day I've got nausea, thinking, "Don't even try to be smart, it's absurd." ~ Lou Doillon

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. ~ Lou Holtz

The president's dead, no one can find his head, its been missing for two weeks. But no one seemed to notice it. ~ Lou Reed

we become like that which we worship. ~ G.K. Beale

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired. ~ Lou Holtz

The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture. ~ Lou Gerstner

My friend Lou Reed came to the end of his song. So very sad.But hey, Lou, you'll always take a walk on the wild side. Always a perfect day. ~ Salman Rushdie

As he walked past the newsstand, he couldn't help sniffing the air, searching for hints of bacon, coconut, and vanilla. Combined with John's declaration that he needed to get laid, he couldn't get that smell off his mind, or her adorable freckles, or the broken expression on her face as she blew past him on the sidewalk. Such a marvelous creature deserved someone who understood her talents- someone like him, perhaps. ~ Amy E. Reichert

All meaningfull and lasting change starts from the inside ~ Lou Tice

Tortolita, let me tell you a story," Estevan said. "This is a South American, wild Indian story about heaven and hell." Mrs. Parsons made a prudish face, and Estevan went on. "If you go visit hell, you will see a room like this kitchen. There is a pot of delicious stew on the table, with the most delicate aroma you can imagine. All around, people sit, like us. Only they are dying of starvation. They are jibbering and jabbering," he looked extra hard at Mrs. Parsons, "but they cannot get a bit of this wonderful stew God has made for them. Now, why is that?"

"Because they're choking? For all eternity?" Lou Ann asked. Hell, for Lou Ann, would naturally be a place filled with sharp objects and small round foods.

"No," he said. "Good guess, but no. They are starving because they only have spoons with very long handles. As long as that." He pointed to the mop, which I had forgotten to put away. "With these ridiculous, terrible spoons, the people in hell can reach into the pot but they cannot put the food in their mouths. Oh, how hungry they are! Oh, how they swear and curse each other!" he said, looking again at Virgie. He was enjoying this.

"Now," he went on, "you can go and visit heaven. What? You see a room just like the first one, the same table, the same pot of stew, the same spoons as long as a sponge mop. But these people are all happy and fat."

"Real fat, or do you mean just well-fed?" Lou Ann asked.

"Just well-fed," he ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project. ~ Lou Diamond Phillips

Even in my most calamitous times, love has been elemental. ~ Emma Lou Warner Thayne

One day I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change-not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world. ~ Fannie Lou Hamer

The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? ~ Lou Reed

I dreamed that I was young and smart, and it was not a waste. I dreamed that there was a point of life, and to the human race. ~ Lou Reed

When he beat my mother it made me so mad. ~ Lou Reed

Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. ~ Lou Reed

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself. ~ Lou Gehrig

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. ~ Mary Lou Retton

I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career. ~ Lou Piniella