Marginal Quotes

Although he has been regarded as a marginal and somewhat obscure 'border' figure, Bean was anything but. He was on the cutting edge of events as they unfolded in the march of Anglo-Americans toward coveted Spanish possessions in the Southwest. - Jack Jackson

Alligators are not endangered in Texas. In looking at the resource concerns, we are not that concerned about them outside the core counties where they are a daily part of life. Alligators in the marginal counties take an extraordinary amount of time and expense for the department. - Jim Sutherlin

After Sept. 11 they got so focused on terrorism they effectively marginalized the capability of FEMA. It's no surprise that they're not capable of managing the federal government's response to this kind of disaster. - George Haddow

A player like (Parker) shouldn't be in the NHL anyway. The penalty cost us more than them. We got an impact player thrown out. They lost a marginal player. - Tomas Vokoun

A marginal improvement for Brazil, but a mortal blow for us. - Ian McDonald

[Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.), chairman of the House GOP campaign committee, told the AP that he has been strategizing with House Speaker Newt Gingrich.] People that we had in marginal areas are stronger than we thought... We're finding swing districts are looking better for us. - John Linder

[Eriksson believes it to be only a marginal lapse in Lampard's usually excellent standards, and a short-term one at that.] There are reasons for it... Frank Lampard is always good but he's not in top form at the moment - either for us or for Chelsea. - Frank Lampard

(It was) the fact that he had to keep secrets -- and I became a secret-keeper... You can't really marginalize or ghettoize a whole sector of the population, because it forces people into a life of shame. That, of course, trickles down. - Libba Bray