Arkansas Quotes

I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

- Billy Bob Thornton

I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.

- Mary Steenburgen

Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.

- Mark Pryor

Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?

- Mike Huckabee

They say now in America that final cut doesn`t mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, `You can have final cut. I`ll open your film in Arkansas.`

- Mira Nair

I don`t know if we have to do anything since Damian is technically committed to Florida. However, we`re still deciding how to announce it if he goes to Arkansas. Damian will announce something before Wednesday because we want that to be about the team, not Damian.

- Karen Williams

I am very impressed with what I have seen here. I could not imagine arriving in northwest Arkansas to see a facility with the magnitude, with the beauty, and with the arrangement of whatever is in there that goes beyond the imagination.

- Bela Karolyi

(Morrilton, ranked No. 6 in Class AAAA by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, was also dogged by seven turnovers that led to 20 PA points. The Bruins, ranked No. 2 in Class AAA by the ADG, led 21-0 at halftime.) We just have to execute better, ... We can't turn the ball over (seven) times. That night, our minds were not ready to play.

- Chris Hill

I think that`s the advantage to us in selling lottery tickets. We`re sitting here close to the Arkansas line and we have a lot of people that come into Oklahoma from other states.

- Dale Brown

My mother is with her sister in Arkansas, my brother is in Baton Rouge with his wife`s family and my sister who just walked in is here with me,

- Bob Ballard

It looks like a typical Arkansas High football team. They`ve got great athletes, but they`re not as big as I`ve seen them in the past. They`ve got eleven guys on the field that can run, and so do we.

- Pat Brady

We`re blessed in Northwest Arkansas with a good economy and a growing population.

- Linda Brown

The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven`t got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next.

- Christo

They used to call Arkansas `the land of opportunity,` and black people said, `Opportunity for whom? Today, we can say `opportunity for all,` and Arkansas can be proud of this moment.

- Ernest Green

They used to call Arkansas `the land of opportunity,` and black people said, `Opportunity for whom?` ... Today, we can say `opportunity for all,` and Arkansas can be proud of this moment.

- Ernest Green

We realized in 1957 that this was not an easy journey. It was one in which we thought we were simply exercising our right to the best education that was available in Little Rock, Arkansas.

- Ernest Green

The Cheyennes do not fight at all this side of the Arkansas, but north some young warriors were fired upon and then the fight began.

- Al Truscinski

In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.

- Al Vasquez

I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.

- Allen Okamoto

Crystal Bridges is a wonderful way to build appreciation for America`s artistic heritage and create cultural opportunities here in Northwest Arkansas.

- Andy Weis

(Down in central Arkansas, the people running the Arkansas Times (which perhaps could be called the kiddy paper when compared to the grown-up Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), demonstrated their complete ignorance and utter tactlessness by accusing Bush of trying to get free press by declaring disaster areas. As if Bush needs any free press.) Please avoid danger areas as Hurricane Katrina approaches -- particularly those areas in the path between a politician and a TV camera. Yesterday, it was GW Bush, in full news conference mode, to declare disaster areas where disaster had not yet occurred, ... Today it`s The Huckster, home early from the Southern Governors Conference, to `direct the Arkansas response to Hurricane Katrina.` He skeds a 10 a.m. news conference to `discuss state government`s effort to assist residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.`

- Anne Coates

(Down in central Arkansas, the people running the Arkansas Times (which perhaps could be called the kiddy paper when compared to the grown-up Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), demonstrated their complete ignorance and utter tactlessness by accusing Bush of trying to get free press by declaring disaster areas. As if Bush needs any free press.) Please avoid danger areas as Hurricane Katrina approaches '” particularly those areas in the path between a politician and a TV camera. Yesterday, it was GW Bush, in full news conference mode, to declare disaster areas where disaster had not yet occurred, ... Today it's The Huckster, home early from the Southern Governors Conference, to '˜direct the Arkansas response to Hurricane Katrina.' He skeds a 10 a.m. news conference to '˜discuss state government's effort to assist residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. '

- Anne Coates

(By Wednesday morning, the Arkansas Times had changed its tune, calling for a massive federal response.) For the living, the prospects of homes, power, water, phones, jobs, ATMs, medical services, food '” any semblance of normal life '” are only the most distant dreams in New Orleans today. The 1927 flood seems to have been eclipsed in scale of destruction, ... A massive federal response is imperative.

- Anne Coates

(By Wednesday morning, the Arkansas Times had changed its tune, calling for a massive federal response.) For the living, the prospects of homes, power, water, phones, jobs, ATMs, medical services, food -- any semblance of normal life -- are only the most distant dreams in New Orleans today. The 1927 flood seems to have been eclipsed in scale of destruction, ... A massive federal response is imperative.

- Anne Coates

At this point, families are going to Arkansas, Dallas for children`s care. It`s good to have it here.

- Arno Hoogveld

(Hospitals predicted an influx of patients after the closing of medical facilities in New Orleans and other areas affected by the storm. Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock was awaiting two patients from Tulane Hospital in New Orleans, but the head of the Little Rock hospital said his facility expects more.) If the city is out of commission for the next two months, what's going to happen to all those patients? ... We're trying to scratch our heads and imagine what may be coming in the long term.

- Art Gonzalez

Everything crossing that scanner is transmitted up to a satellite and then transferred down to the corporate headquarters in Arkansas. That way they know what is happening at every store. They know what pallets of merchandise are needed at each store. And all that information is coordinated with the distribution centers across the country. They are sending items to the right trucks on time every day.

- Arturo Rodriguez

(Arkansas`s approach may prove one of the most popular business models for funding and operating government portals today, but it is not a sustainable option, says Robert Atkinson, director of the technology and new economy project at the Progressive Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization with the mission of advancing the government`s agenda for the information economy.) Governments that aren`t willing to pay any money into (electronic services) can get up and running and put some applications online, ... Most jurisdictions in this country don`t have the expertise to do this (in-house). The risk of the outsourcing model is that they`re getting the revenue from the users. Ultimately, I don`t think the consumer is going to be paying for this. You don`t pay now when you go to look at a deed.

- Azyumardi Azra