Mining Quotes

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(on researching his role as Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007)) I like to learn about things. It was just a great time trying to conceive of the impossibility of that thing. I didn`t know anything about mining at the turn of the century in America. My boarding school in Kent didn`t exactly teach that.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

My mother`s a secretary; my father`s an electrician in a mining company.

- Eva Herzigova

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn`t understand why some pop star from London would want to be there.

- Ernie Pyle

That`s why those fellas were so magnificent playing the same part, because they`d played it forty times. That`s why John Wayne finally became a good actor in True Grit (1969) - he`s got 150 of them behind him. Now he`s developed a saltiness and an earthiness and a humor and a subtlety that comes from mining that same vein over and over again.

- Gregory Peck

(on John Wayne) That`s why John Wayne finally became a good actor in "True Grit": he`s got 150 films behind him. Now he`s developed a saltiness and an earthiness and a humor and a subtlety that comes from mining that same vein over and over and over again.

- Gregory Peck

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I`m not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be. I was proud when President Nixon (Richard Nixon) ordered the mining of Haiphong Harbor, which we should have done long ago, because I think we`re helping a brave little country defend herself against Communist invasion. That`s what I tried to show in The Green Berets (1968) and I took plenty of abuse from the critics. Did you ever see reviews like that? Reviews with hatred and nastiness."

- John Wayne

We didn`t have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.

- Margot Kidder

We have maintained for some time that Spinifex Ridge is rapidly emerging as a mineral project with solid prospects for a mining operation. With the continuing high world molybdenum prices there is a need for an early completion of feasibility work. WorleyParsons` industry experience, delivery of projects of similar scale, innovation and capacity to move through to a bankable study within tight timeframes, were key criteria in securing this contract.

- Derek Fisher

It`s a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I`d be mining zinc.

- Roger Maris

The Great Northwest Mining & Doo-Wop Co.

- John Driscoll

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn`t understand why some pop star from London would want to be there.

- Billy Bragg

He was a brilliant producer who made a fortune and, of course, lost every cent in hare-brained investments, ... And he was in love with the male ingénue in the theatrical troupe; the only downside was the ingénue was, by this time, about 52, and he kept insisting on playing 18-year-olds. This guy insisted every season on doing two Shakespeare plays, and invariably somebody tried to murder him during the performance because, strangely enough, Shakespeare wasn`t big in the mining camps.

- David Milch

He was a brilliant producer who made a fortune and, of course, lost every cent in hare-brained investments, ... And he was in love with the male ingnue in the theatrical troupe; the only downside was the ingnue was, by this time, about 52, and he kept insisting on playing 18-year-olds. This guy insisted every season on doing two Shakespeare plays, and invariably somebody tried to murder him during the performance because, strangely enough, Shakespeare wasn`t big in the mining camps.

- David Milch

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then.

- Tim Murphy

In my district in southwestern Pennsylvania, the mining industry has been a central part of the way of life for a century and a half.

- Tim Murphy

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.

- Al Hershey

Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs.

- Andrew Gilbert

We believe this capital cycle in mining equipment is different from those in the past two decades, specifically in length and strength,

- Angie Watson

Conditions in our end markets continue to point to an extended, strong global mining cycle. We face the challenge of increasing capacity to meet demand, while managing a tight supply chain.

- Angie Watson

The capacity expansion project for P&H Mining which was approved by our board in May will not be completed until the end of fiscal 2006. The only other new capacity that will be coming on line in the next 12 months is the shuttle car and motor centers of excellence for Joy Mining in Lebanon, Kentucky, though, for the most part, Joy Mining is constrained by supply chain limits rather than internal capacity. Therefore, it is imperative that our critical suppliers support us as we strive for increased revenues. Assuming that progress can be made in this area, we now believe that total revenues in the coming 12 months will be in the range of $2.15 to $2.35 billion.

- Angie Watson

Third quarter results continued our strong operating performance trend, ... New orders exceeded $540 million in the quarter, despite Joy Mining experiencing a $62 million decline in roof support orders from the same quarter last year. Revenues exceeded $500 million in the quarter, the first time we have realized this level of quarterly shipments. Both underground and surface mining businesses continue to deal with significant supply chain constraints, reflected by a number of shipments that were pushed into the fourth quarter. Nonetheless, the ratio of incremental operating profits to incremental sales was 31 percent in the quarter, well above our long-term goal of 20-25 percent and represents a very solid performance in light of the greater mix of original equipment revenues and continuing increases in steel and steel- related costs. Conditions in our end markets continue to point to an extended, strong global mining cycle. We face the challenge of increasing capacity to meet demand, while managing a tight supply chain. Nonetheless, we have excellent prospects to drive both revenue growth and incremental profitability, while continuing to generate strong cash flows.

- Angie Watson

(The administration`s move puts at risk) some of the last, most pristine portions of America`s national forests, ... Road building simply paves the way for logging, mining and other kinds of resource extraction.

- Anne Lynch

Roadbuilding simply paves the way for logging, mining and other kinds of resource extraction, ... Far too much of our national forests have been trammeled and overlogged because of the maze of logging roads that have been bulldozed over the years by timber companies.

- Anne Lynch

You know the mine. Being on the mine rescue team gives you the chance to learn a lot of things about mining.

- Arthur Higgins

It was like a ghost town when we played at home. Everything closed -- barber shops, restaurants, everything would literally close down for the game. Coal mining was what everyone did. People would actually call off their shifts to come and watch us play.

- Ashu Kakkar

Buffer zone is kind of a joke. We don`t have a buffer zone to what mining is doing in the mountains. It`s just a name,

- Avraham Burg