Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have a week and a half off before starting into the OCC. We've got Grove City on the 12th. It was nice to see our young guys go and compete and have success (at Ready) to get ready for the OCC.

We have a superb stadium for the World Cup. I am convinced that the millions of people who see the games in this stadium will remember the city forever.

The predominant emotion here, I think, is one of great sadness. The city is never going to be the same.

Dan Miller

Those city games are a little different animal. We knew our kids would be able to compete.

Those are state permits, ... They do not need city permits to abate asbestos.

Mike Todd

Water needs to be clean and safe for our citizens. There's no excuse for the problems we've had. I knew there was interest when folks in my ward talked me into running again. There is dissatisfaction with the way the city is being run, with the cost of some employees, with the quality of water.

I will work with the mayor and city council to see if we can come up with a phase-in, so it won't be a tremendous hit, ... Murfreesboro City Schools is an outstanding school system, and we want to keep it up to the level it is now.

I won't be surprised if the New York fans treat the Saints the same way we were treated in Kansas City - before the game. But once the game gets started I think the New York crowd will go back to being a New York crowd.

I wish the city would just back off. You let it sit for 30 years. The people on the south side want their neighborhood back.

I was there not as anything that has to do with the city, City Hall, the campaign, ... I was there as I'm always there: to help my community in whichever way I can.

I was very pleased with the way we played to end the second quarter. Our three-quarter court press was giving Johnston City fits.

Hector Lopez

I was told that the neighborhood did qualify. It is not right for one person (at City Hall) to say yes and later another person comes and tells me no.

It forces the city to not procrastinate. We were worried that they would drag their feet.

It feels special. Even just being at work, it feels like you're part of something. It's like a taste of summer. It really is a different city when there's something going on.

It feels like Scott and I are now even after this one. He helped me win in Mexico City and now I've helped him win in front of his family in California. It's still a long way to go in the championship, so we need to keep our heads down and get the job done.

I think she misrepresented our position at City Council, and I think that there was not a very good faith effort at working with the communities. Gail has said since then that she has learned from that.

I think people will fight about the numbers. But the message here is clear: that people want to return and that people have started to return. Obviously, the city has not been abandoned.

I think people are focusing more on the taxes, the increase in taxes, so there's a lot of discussion going on regarding the City Council and the administration regarding tax relief measures.

I think of the present digital/IT evolution happening in the global industry as the most exciting period I have ever witnessed. And somehow new ways of distribution will come into play but let's start with reopening the Chauvel for the independent filmmakers of Sydney and Australia. In the wealthiest city in Australia, can't we raise $250,000 or so to keep our film culture alive?

It doesn't mean that every time we do something they're going to automatically overturn it. Do you really think the City Council has the time or the inclination to go through every decision that we make? I don't.

Ricardo Clark

I think (Houston) is a great city for a soccer team. If we continue our success that we had in San Jose then we can make it even better.

I think I'm safe in saying that we're very proud of our name and heritage as the oldest incorporated city in California,

I think I have performed admirably for the City of Springfield.

Jim Taylor

We're all having a good feeling about 2006. There are lots of fun things to do in this city and in Cobb County.

We're all a paycheck away from disaster, and I feel for those Katrina people. But the homeless people in this city are treated like second-class citizens. What does that say about our nation's capital? Something's wrong with this picture.

We realized if New York City didn't fill the gap, what jurisdiction would? Some day, a creative lawyer and a fighting victim will use it to their benefit. That was the intent.

Richard Davis

We played immensely better. Oklahoma City is one of the top three or four teams in the league. We didn't play 100 percent better. We played 500 percent better.

We do know it is measured in the 100 of millions of dollars as the end price tag for the end total for a municipal power system in a city the size of Syracuse.

While city people continued their strong spending, rural people have increased their spending only gradually due to lower incomes. This trend will continue for the rest of this year.

Without creating a specific plan and a financing program this well never happen. The city is going in the right direction by working out the financing and coming up with codes.

We received tremendous enthusiasm to these investment offers from investors and we have closed Al-Arabi Private Equity Fund and robust response ensured early closure of the Energy City private placement.

We received some information about specific incidents. We'll look at the overall finances of the city as well as the specifics pointed out to us.

We're definitely going to have to improve if we want to move on to the city title game.