Wellington Mara Quotes

#1. I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.

Frank Gifford

#2. When Wellington Mara died in 2005, he took a piece of the organization's soul with him - one that fans, players, and staff still miss.

Dave Buscema

#3. In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.

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#4. It's nice to see arrogance humbled.

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#5. I always root for the defense.

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#6. Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

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#7. Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.

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#8. These days I'm pretty much a businessman.

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#9. You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.

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#10. I think when the bottom started to drop out, we didn't recognize it.

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#11. The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the convenience of a particular time like a rule at a country club as the Governor would have us believe.

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#12. Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.

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#13. We didn't readjust our thinking or rebuild quick enough.

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#14. Self-justification is a treacherous servant.

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#15. My mom insisted on saying such things, even though almost no one understood what she meant. My Dad sometimes called her Addlebrain because she read so many books.

Haven Kimmel

#16. Alex never killed hares.

Ally Kennen

#17. Have you ever seen someone and thought to yourself, Whoa, he's hot! I'd like to screw his brains out. And then, you talk to the guy and realize someone already has?

Penny Reid

#18. I've always believed that it's important to give something back to the world and community.

Carrot Top

#19. There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.

Oscar Wilde

#20. Surrender the dream and the truth will be revealed.

Leonard Jacobson

#21. It is the sincere horror of it that gets others motivated, so say Watson and Andrews; the dysfunction caused by the onset of depression may serve a useful function in that it is a device for the elicitation of altruism.

Andrew Solomon

#22. The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.

Wellington Mara

#23. Women are so powerful they're scary, and the incentive to squash this has been going on for so long that some of us actually believe we're subordinate.

Alanis Morissette