There's distractions, and then there's events. This is an event. A distraction is something that sort of occurs, that takes your mind away from the game, that doesn't have to happen. This is something that's unfortunate, but it's an event, something you've got to regard. (Quote by - Kyle Johnson)

We are lucky to have such a nice facility for this event. The children, staff and volunteers always look forward to this event; it is the most popular fundraiser that the library has. (Quote by - Colleen Butler)

This is a watershed event. There have been a lot of events available on a subscription basis, priced modestly, but this is the first time that a significant national event ? which is also covered on television ? is being made available free, with the revenue stream coming from advertisers. (Quote by - Neal Pilson)

Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you. (Quote by - Louis L'Amour)

This is the event we dream about all year long. The preparation for this event doesn't start a week or a month ahead. It starts literally a year before the event even happens. (Quote by - Mike Iaconelli)

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)

When we begin to take our failures nonseriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. (Quote by - Katherine Mansfield)

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. (Quote by - Harry S. Truman)

Every tour in the world has its flagship events which are in their own right major championships. Along with the Players' Championship in Montreal, the Canadian Tour Championship will be one of our cornerstone events and over time one of our biggest purses. (Quote by - Richard Janes)

I'm in one of those events whether or not you are the world champion it doesn't really matter so much because it is a minor event within the sport, at least it is considered a minor event by the sponsors. (Quote by - Adam Nelson)

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. (Quote by - Romain Gary)

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others. (Quote by - Anais Nin)

Don't you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs. (Quote by - Thomas Hardy)

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they`re necessary to reach the places we`ve chosen to go. (Quote by - Richard Bach)

Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them. (Quote by - James E. Sweeney)

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again. Heartbroke? That's serious. Lose a few bucks? That's not. (Quote by - Willie Nelson)

The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history(Quote by - Alexander Maclaren)

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. (Quote by - Leo Tolstoy)

Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls. (Quote by - Plautus)

Total absence of humor renders life impossible. (Quote by - Colette)

The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. (Quote by - H. T. Leslie)

In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. (Quote by - David Coleman)

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. (Quote by - Richard M. Nixon)

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)

People will complain that we only cover Algona events. Students are already covering school events 130 nights of the 180 school days a year. Students are doing their part. We encourage people to drop off tapes. (Quote by - Bryan Nelson)