A leader's job is to find common ground.

Ground troops... have to be a last resort. I think they should always be a last resort.

Being quick off the ground helps you block shots.

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.

I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.

I've felt this real need to ground my work in my ideals.

My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding.

When I was on the playground, people were calling me Jackie Chan.

On the feet, on the ground, I have all the bases covered.

A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.

On any given night, what allows me to get to that higher ground is the audience.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There was no other training ground like kids' telly for becoming a TV presenter.

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground.

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally.

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.