Indiana Quotes

• Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Winning, League

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• Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn't born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.

  Don Mattingly

  Baseball, Character, Mean

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• If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.

  Sean Connery

  Retirement, Film, Has Beens

  "No more Indiana Jones for Connery". www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2007.

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• I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind of self-effacing cynicism among all Hoosiers.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Growing Up, Thinking, Self

  "Ask Jim Gaffigan". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. November 28, 2007.

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• I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place.

  Stephen Sprouse

  Columbus, Kind, Grew Up

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• Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

  James Naismith

  Funny, Basketball, Sports

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• I'm from Indiana, the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union.

  Thomas R. Marshall

  Home, Men, Class

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• I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different.

  Mike Pence

  People, Style, Different

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror.

  Ann Coulter

  Hate, Mirrors, People

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.287, Crown Forum

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• Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker. Well, tonight we've come from behind, we've broken the tie, and, thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.

  Hillary Clinton

  Winning, Long Ago, White

  "Obama Extends Lead; Full Speed Ahead for Hillary Clinton: She's Staying in Until the End". "American Morning", www.cnn.com. May 7, 2008.

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• If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

  Ronald Reagan

  Impact, Government, Hands

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.427, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was a kid in Indiana, we thought it would be fun to get a turkey a year ahead of time and feed it and so on for the following Thanksgiving. But by the time Thanksgiving came around, we sort of thought of the turkey as a pet, so we ate the dog. Only kidding. It was the cat!

  David Letterman

  Thanksgiving, Dog, Fun

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• There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say.

  Gamaliel Bailey

  Support, Would Be, Body

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• No place better than Indiana on July 4th. Looking forward to a great weekend.

  Joe

  4th Of July, Weekend, Looking Forward

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• I left Indiana, and I ain't been back since. I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.

  Mike Epps

  Bills, Comedy, Left

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. September 19, 2003.

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• The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.

  Bobby Knight

  Long, Moscow, Red

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.

  Tia Carrere

  Smart, Play, Female

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies.

  Sydney Pollack

  Sunday, Weekend, Hiking

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• But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.

  John Shimkus

  Illinois, Kentucky, Drug

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• I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.

  James Brown

  Years, Saws, Kind

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• But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government.

  Birch Bayh

  Baby, School, Government

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• People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four.

  John Mellencamp

  Years, People, Four

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• It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities.

  Steve Buyer

  America, Community, Excellence

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• It's an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.

  Bill Condon

  New York, Odd Things, Odd

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• At the Sex Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, they were a phenomenal help, too. We went out there for a few days, and they gave us access to materials. And the biographies, there are four or five, ranging from very poor to excellent.

  Liam Neeson

  Sex, Four, Biographies

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