My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else? Kevin Johnson
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.Nelson Mandela
Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly. Cory Lidle
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. Helen keller
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. Albert Einstein
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. Jim Ryun
Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions. Luke Scott
The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil. Alain de Botton
The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one. Larry Holmes
The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources. Jared Diamond
There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.' John Henrik Clarke
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. Oscar Robertson
Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.Christopher Columbus
We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Abdul kalam
What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else. Joseph Campbell
You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes. Shaun White
You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes. Shaun White