We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
For decades, the National Guard has served as the backbone of saving Americans across the country in times of crisis. — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
The Travises who had survived were the most purely stubborn people on earth, the kind who relied on their backbones when their… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to do my own little tribute to Derry and a tribute to the community and to the people who… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I'm guessing that ability to withstand peer pressure and adhere to one's values might translate to the kind of backbone necessary for… — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders? — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for… — John Salazar Copy Share Image
Are Singaporeans so easily offended? Please. Have more of a backbone and thick-skin. Are you going to go on a frenzied witch… — Calvin Cheng Copy Share Image
But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there?s going to be a tremendous crunch on the… — Jon Postel Copy Share Image
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; making money is the by-product of our guiding purpose. If you're doing something… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You're my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart. You're the air I breathe. And you're the strongest person… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our… — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
Obviously, my husband's very determined because he got himself back into that ring after being out of it for many years. And… — Brie Bella Copy Share Image
~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“I heard you showed some backbone. I decided to visit in the vain hope that you might be turning interesting.” — Kimberly Frost Copy Share Image
Independently owned restaurants and small businesses are the backbone of our local economies. — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
I'm fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies - in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a… — Debbie Gibson Copy Share Image
Most of the time - in 'Pan's Labyrinth' or 'Devil's Backbone' - I'm talking about my childhood. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
For your own good, for the good of your family and your future, grow a backbone. When something is wrong, stand up… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Loved ones. They are my backbone. They are the people that I turn to when I need the most support and the… — Tara Reid Copy Share Image
Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I have a backbone; that doesn't make me a heel. That makes me the biggest babyface there is. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I am honest enough with myself to admit it. I rarely offer strong opinions, I have a backbone like a pair of… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have a schizophrenic career. I have 'Cronos' and 'The Devil's Backbone' on one hand, and then I have 'Blade 2' and… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation. — Bill Pullman Copy Share Image
The land and agricultural industry is the backbone of Australia, and we need to foster the industry that provides our country with… — Gina Rinehart Copy Share Image
My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know… — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Our enlisted are the backbone of our service, are exceptionally a bright group of men women. — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man! — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
We always do kinda like the bare bones representation or variation of the voice and drums, which is what we feel is… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
America needs football. It's a real blue-collar sport; it's played with a blue-collar mentality, a mentality that's the backbone of this country. — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image