Backbone Quotes

174 quotes by 156 authors

Low-cost, high-grade coal, oil and natural gas - the backbone of the Industrial Revolution - will be a distant memory by 2050. Much higher-cost remnants… — Jeremy Grantham
Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will. — Sherry Argov
My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me. — Aerin Lauder
A well-educated populace is the backbone of our middle-class. — Mark Pocan
News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the… — Wadah Khanfar
The backbone of any improvement of governance, its development as well as its protection from any form of wastage or excessiveness, is a mechanism to… — Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s. — Anthony Foxx
Individuals and businesses must participate in a national discussion about a simpler tax system, one that collects sufficient revenue to meet appropriate federal responsibilities, but… — Mike Crapo
This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest. — Byron Dorgan
The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. — Ida B. Wells
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. — Ellen Tauscher
The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought. — Nick Price
Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the… — Jim Hunt
And Republican women have always been the backbone of our party. We do the work, we are strong believers in conservative values. Having more of… — Kerry Healey
My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do.… — Michael Patrick King
Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And… — Salva Kiir Mayardit
You start using excuses to justify your lack of backbone — Suman Rai
The world doesnt owe you anything, you owe the world something. So stop daydreaming and start DOING. Develop a backbone, not a wishbone. Take full… — Melchor Lim
Toughness is not being a bully, its having a backbone. — Sarah Moores
Mother's Day. The backbone of every family, who knows what you need even before you asked or wished, who's ready to make food for you… — Nishan Panwar

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