A Quote by Harmon Killebrew

We're not raising grass. We're raising boys.

Harmon Killebrew

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Boys Grass Raising

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Harmon Killebrew
American - Athlete
June 29, 1936 - May 17, 2011

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

Harmon Killebrew

Is raising boys different from raising girls? Oh my goodness, yes! It's a different species, and I love them for that.

Sandi Toksvig

If you raise an intelligent girl she will become a feminist because of the facts of her own life. Raising feminist boys is more difficult. Raising egalitarian boys. One of the reasons you have to raise them that way is because it's better for them.

Anna Quindlen

Kansas had better stop raising corn and begin raising hell.

Mary Elizabeth Lease

I’m not raising my kids to survive the world. I’m raising them to change it.

Steven Furtick

I have no issue with raising minimum wage, but then the customer can't say to us, 'Why are you raising your prices?'

Tilman J. Fertitta

I'm not raising the children, I'm raising the grown ups that they're going to be.

Louis C. K.

I know what happened to my foundation, from raising no money to raising $500m, serving three million people. Do we want to take that away? I don't think anybody says yes.

Lance Armstrong

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

Barbara Bush

Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research.

Ann Romney

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.

Tom DeLay

In Taiwan there's a saying: Raising a child is more important than giving birth. Raising a child is greater.

Chien-Ming Wang

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

Frank A. Clark

When I was in Baltimore, it was all about raising me and not having players come in and out of there. It was about raising men, and there was a reason why it built up to the success.