Groundwork Quotes

We want to set the groundwork to make sure main street is still here 100 years from now. - Kelly Strong

We started the program nine years ago with kids that were just learning to play hockey, so this is a fulfilling day for me and a lot of original parents who helped for the organization. We're extremely proud of these kids, particularly, and for all the people who laid the groundwork. - Kevin Quinn

We should utilize the tools the town has at its disposal... By referring the proposals to the Economic Development Commission, that agency could ask the tough questions that should be asked. It would have laid the groundwork for the Planning and Zoning Commission to have pertinent information available before it began to consider either application. - Kevin Cunningham

We must prepare the groundwork for a process that may take years to bear fruit, and it will certainly entail the loss of life ... the air and missile strikes we launch against Iraq must be decisive and not the kind of exceedingly limited response characterized by the 27 cruise missiles launched [before]. - John McCain

We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always a sketch. No sketch is not quite the right word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life is a sketch of nothing, an outline with no picture. - Milan Kundera

We have a long and difficult road ahead. By taking these actions now, Congress will send an important message that the hurricane victims will not be left behind and lay the groundwork for the arduous collective task before us. - Mark Morial

We are now devoting ourselves to science. I am afraid some of us feel that science will give us final solutions - better bases for philosophy, an ideal groundwork for satisfactions, for enjoyment. But it is doubtful whether the mind of man can ever understand the universe. For every puzzle that we uncover and solve, two more appear that were hidden. - Liberty Hyde Bailey

Virtual schools are something that this charter school bill has certainly laid the groundwork for. It's something that we're certainly open to in terms of a way to expand choices for students and parents. - Joel Sawyer

To approve Wal-Mart?s application today lays the groundwork for Wal-Mart to expand into full retail banking without additional regulatory approval, thereby further threatening the viability of community banks. - Kenneth Redding