Quotes about greeley (13 Quotes)


    Letter to Horace Greeley. August 22, 1862 My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.



    It means quite a bit. It means we're the best defensive team that's ever come through Greeley Central. And being around for over 100 years, that's a pretty big accomplishment.

    We're certainly not going to take any credit away from Greeley Central, but the honest truth was we picked a pretty tough night to play our worst game of the year. We really did.


    Last fall, Swift Co. unveiled a new strategic vision to become the best red meat provider in the world. Important components of that vision included the need for innovation and operational excellence. Today, we are announcing investments in our Greeley beef plant that will expand our innovative value-added processing capabilities and strengthen our competitive position in the marketplace.

    I said, 'Marty get your stuff and get out of there,' ... We have too many friends in Greeley to even listen to these kids (who wanted to transfer to Wyoming). Well, Marty got up here and his phone kept ringing and ringing.

    I tried to hold him back because there was so much speed in the race, but he was running good. At the top of the stretch I let him out a little bit, and when I saw (Sir Greeley) coming at me I let him out some more. He took care of everything from there.

    It's a lot of hard work and perseverance finally paying off. When I first got up here in Greeley, it looked like I was going to be the first one gone and never coming back, ... But they saw something they liked and they stuck with me and gave me a bunch of opportunities to prove myself. And finally it's coming to pass that what they thought about me was right and that I can play in this league and be a player on this team.

    In Greeley, our gas stations are neighborhood stores where the clientele is fairly familiar with the employees, and we have had low employee turnover in past years, ... But if we see an increase in drive-offs, we certainly will go to prepay.


    We've been wrestling tough all year, and this was one of our goals on our list. It was just exciting to see them get to the semifinals and step it up. We really represented. The whole town of Greeley just did awesome. There were a lot of tough teams here.




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