A Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American - Novelist
September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940

You see that in his foreign policy [Barack] Obama lacks a backbone - both a constitutional backbone and a personal backbone.

Nat Hentoff

I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry, and boredom, all in vast quantities.

Gore Vidal

Sometimes it's great to have a backbone, but you've got to be careful. Remember that sometimes, when you hurt your backbone, you can't get it fixed because you don't have enough money.

Terry Funk

I don't really want to make casual games or games with no sort of story backbone or character backbone.

Cory Barlog

If you don't have that trust in the backbone of the project, you may not know what you're making.

Lily Collins

This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest.

Byron Dorgan

We like them big ... but we'll settle for players with three kinds of bones - a funnybone, a wishbone and a backbone. The funnybone is to enjoy a laugh, even at one's own expense. The wishbone is to think by, set one's goals high and have dreams and ambitions. And the backbone - well, that's what a player needs to get up and go to work and make those dreams come true.

Duffy Daugherty

Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants.

Emeril Lagasse

Power plants are an infrastructure backbone that I want to be seriously involved in; this is because the country is rapidly developing and has high demand for electricity.

Edwin Soeryadjaya

The land and agricultural industry is the backbone of Australia, and we need to foster the industry that provides our country with so much.

Gina Rinehart

What we need to do is support small and medium-sized businesses, the backbone of our economy, but we have to make sure that every family in this country gets a fair shake... not just for billionaires.

Bernie Sanders

Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized,--spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.

Edwin Percy Whipple

At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.

Debbie Stabenow

When you trust and have elevated personnel in each department, then the sky really is the limit. If you don't have that trust in the backbone of the project, you may not know what you're making.

Lily Collins

Volunteers are the backbone, heart, and soul of the restoration movement. And whatever the eventual results of their labors may be, working to revive damaged ecosystems is transforming and strengthening their relationship with the rest of nature.

William K. Stevens

I have the backbone of an eel.

Betty White

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