[It could be argued that the Johnstown flood of 1889 wasn't a natural disaster at all, but the inevitable consequence of humans thinking they could control nature. Whatever the cause, the day after a dam burst, unleashing 20 million tons of water on the residents of Johnstown, Pa., and its neighboring boroughs, the area looked like] a vast sea of muck and rubble and filthy water, ... The Johnstown Flood. David McCullough More David McCullough Quotes 1
Our victim got all but $250 back of the $90,000 she had given him. The other lady got about one-third of her money ($50,000) back - that was all we could trace. It's quite unusual to get money back - it's usually gone but we got lucky. David White More David White Quotes 0
We were trying to think after the game Sarah may have accounted for all but two of our points with assists or whatever. If she isn't the best player in the state (of West Virginia), then I don't know who is. Dick Wildt More Dick Wildt Quotes 0
The playing conditions were not great at all, but that is not an excuse for the six errors, four hits, and 12 strikeouts. Right now, we are in a little bit of slump. Several of the girls have lost their confidence and we have to do something to help them get it back. Eric Thomas More Eric Thomas Quotes 0
The boy stood on the burning deck - / Whence all but he had fled. Felicia Hemans More Felicia Hemans Quotes 0
Christmas... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart... Freya Stark French More Freya Stark Quotes 0
We recommend locking down corporate networks to all but essential business applications. George Lungley More George Lungley Quotes 0
He's definitely an all-around player; he can do it all. But our team really needed some defense and he has been able to step in and do it and do a good job at it. He's probably a better forward than he is a defenseman -- and you definitely don't get the stats or attention that you would as a forward -- but he's a real team guy and accepts any challenge we give him in the name of the team. George Reed More George Reed Quotes 0
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington American President More George Washington Quotes 0
I think it's the key to winning consistently. It's not the be-all, end-all. But you have to run the ball to be competitive in this league, so we hope to get that going. George Foster More George Foster Quotes 0
Well, there are many times when I don't feel strong or brave at all, but I've always been a religious person and my faith has been a great comfort to me. Gloria Hunniford More Gloria Hunniford Quotes 0
We all want to win it all, but obviously there's only going to be one team that wins it. But I think teams come here looking to get four tough games that will do you some good down the line. I'd like to think every game we played here will probably do us some good. Gordie Kerkman More Gordie Kerkman Quotes 0
It's just good, clean football. It's a rivalry and all, but there's not that hate or anything like that. But being neighbor counties, we still want to beat them and they want to beat us. Greg Robinson More Greg Robinson Quotes 0
I think it's not an unreasonable position at all, but it's a very tricky calculation for Delphi. On one hand, they want to keep the time pressure on. Deadlines do have an impact on getting the sides to finally settle. Hal Stack More Hal Stack Quotes 0
What could the thing that was to happen to him be, after all, but just this thing that had begun to happen? Her dying, her death, his consequent solitude - that was what he had figured as the beast in the jungle. Henry James American More Henry James Quotes 0
The Microbe is so very small/ You cannot make him out at all,/ But many sanguine people hope/ To see him through a microscope. Hilaire Belloc More Hilaire Belloc Quotes 0
I had all but written off our chances to get in three races ago. I was thinking 'building to next year' all the way. But they've got it turned around now. It's going to be a horse race. Jack Roush More Jack Roush Quotes 0
I'd all but written off our chances for the championship, but they've turned it around now, and it's going to be a horse-race. Jack Roush More Jack Roush Quotes 0
Creation myths are not about the origins of the world at all, but about the origins of patriarchy which has claimed itself as the world. Jane Caputi More Jane Caputi Quotes 0
She is lawyer enough to have changed all but one name (her husband's) in the part of the book devoted to criminal abandon. Janet Maslin More Janet Maslin Quotes 0
We are on standby mode and have ceased processing ore. We have laid off all but 40 workers. Jerry Powers More Jerry Powers Quotes 0
They don?t appreciate Miss Nelson at all, but they do at the end, believe me. Jill Womack More Jill Womack Quotes 0
It's not me at all, ... But we're winning and my teammates are getting sacks. That's really all I can say. Jevon Kearse More Jevon Kearse Quotes 0
We were doing nothing wrong at all. But we all felt intimidated by these men. Joe Morrison More Joe Morrison Quotes 0