Overdue Quotes

I don`t think John Ford had any kind of respect for me as an actor until I made Red River (1948) for Howard Hawks. I was never quite sure what he did think of me as an actor. I know now, though. Because when I finally won an Oscar for my role as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969), Ford shook my hand and said the award was long overdue me as far as he was concerned. Right then, I knew he`d respected me as an actor since Stagecoach (1939), even though he hadn`t let me know it. He later told me his praise earlier, might have gone to my head and made me conceited, and that was why he`d never said anything to me, until the right time.

At this point, I think everyone understands that maps are a great way of presenting information and there are probably opportunities there, and that`s long overdue.

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.

They`re taking down all the ones that ran up so fast, ... This is a good, solid correction. It`s taking out a lot of money. To say a correction was overdue is an understatement.

Diane Arbus changed the face of photography with her powerful and moving photographs which captured 1950s and 1960s America. She has had a profound influence on photographers ever since and on the way we look at our fellow human beings. This is a long overdue retrospective which shows her work is as compelling as ever.

This is long overdue given the severity of problems. That`s a race to the bottom we can`t tolerate.

Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up.

The folks in Burlington deserved a better space. We`re happy to get this behind us. This is long overdue.

We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue.

The state of our state is far from sound. The state of our state needs serious attention. The foundation is still firm, but major repairs are overdue.

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served.