“This is a man who was shaped and molded on the prairie and has distinguished himself . . . in some of the most difficult jobs that we've had in our government.”
Chuck Hagel
“I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.”
Geronimo
“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.”
Emily Dickinson
“Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to spray when it strikes the hard rocks of Manhattan”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Prairie Grove is a talented team. We missed a lot of free throws and that is what the decisive factor was.”
Shannon McBee
“They're making a beeline for the park and all the prairie wildflowers and ornamentals that have been planted there, ... I walk through and see thousands and thousands on the plants. They're especially going to the mint family.”
Michael Thompson
“I know Prairie View isn't a towering team, but we rebounded the ball much better.”
Tevester Anderson