#kansas

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn. ↗

— Jay McShann

#called #city #days #first #first time

I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas." "That is because you have no brains," answered the girl. "No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home." The Scarecrow sighed. "Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#kansas #oz #beauty

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#brilliant #college #day #ended #first

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. ↗

— John Kruk

#against #beat #city #head #kansas

I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

#georgia #hawaii #i #i was raised #kansas

We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#heritage #kansas #strong

I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so we could avoid tackling each other on the street. But running on the street and trying not to get taken down on the concrete, that will make you fast, that's for sure. ↗

— Barry Sanders

#concrete #could #down #each #fast

But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#care #dollars #economic #economic issues #education

I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#believe #education #health #i #i believe

I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#i #kansas #massachusetts #mitt #mitt romney