Famous Quotes & Sayings

I feel very, very strongly that the city of Decatur has a wonderful heritage to be able to offer not only to the state but the nation and internationally.

Christine Quinn

I feel very proud and honored, and I feel like it's a wonderful thing, and I feel a little overwhelmed by the responsibility my colleagues are going to give me, and I feel like I want to work very, very hard to make all of my colleagues on the City Council proud, and I hope that I'll be able to live up to the trust that they put in my hands.

Jacqueline Wilson

I feel the city let us down by not informing us. I don't think the tower should be put over here. It should be in a commercial area.

I feel that with a community vision and collaboration of many agencies, we will be able to get this accomplished for the City of Newport.

Furthermore, it justifies the significant investment in the event by title sponsors Dunlop and hosting partner Manchester City Council .

Susan Tully

I don't think a city should ever be involved in helping to find employment for illegal aliens.

Avery Johnson

I don't think words could describe what that could do for the city. The city has been ravaged. They need some good news. Tourism is a big part of their whole economic structure. Hopefully they can get it pushed through really soon so people can start making plans for it.

I don't want the city to be able to hoodwink people and blatantly get money they are not entitled too.

I don't understand the logic of moving City High.

Tom Benson

I expect these games to be televised nationally and it could make me not only proud of our football team, but it would also make the (San Antonio) mayor proud to show what kind of great city you have here in San Antonio. This effort and this schedule will help rebuild Louisiana and the Gulf South.

Ian Roberts

I encourage everyone to get out and vote. Don't let it reflect poorly on the city by having a small voter turnout.

I don't think it will be a stumbling block. The city is supportive of the project. But, we aren't taking anything for granted.

I don't think it'll make that much of a difference, I shop at Food City also.

I don't think it's part of a larger rift. The city and Yale have worked together, greatly reducing crime in the past decade. The mayor has full confidence in the police department to be able to look at it and process it and find out what exactly happened.

Anne Sinclair

From the city perspective, we already have a lot on our plates.

Chris Coleman

From the city level, the district councils (became) viewed ? I think unfairly ? as a hindrance, and there were (efforts) to minimize their role. But despite those efforts, they continued to play a significant role and still do. You have people on the ground who have a real sense of what a neighborhood needs, and that knowledge is power.

From the governors to state legislators to mayors and city council members, every individual political leader tasked with rebuilding their state and communities will tell you the Gulf Coast's recovery is directly linked with the full recovery of the gambling industry,

Steve Stevens

For what we receive as special benefit, we will willingly pay. We'd love to be able to still sit down with the city and work out something that's practical.

Nomar Garciaparra

If it was in my control, I'd still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because it's the place I know, I love. All of those fans, I'll always remember. But I'm also going to another great place. I'm going to a phenomenal city with great tradition as well, phenomenal fans, great organization.

Isaac Bruce

If it was his last day here, I'm truly embarrassed. (Because) it was an embarrassing game. Embarrassing to Marshall and embarrassing to the city of St. Louis. If this was it for him here, I want to thank him. I'm a fan of football, and a fan of his, and he's done a lot to extend my career.

If it's legislators now, who's next? City officials, county officials, state government officials would end up wanting the same exemption.

Chris Johnson

If it weren't for the faith-based groups helping out, the city of Waveland would be half the size it is now.

Today, again, we are a city that meets in sadness,

What you have is a community where the majority of the people value prayer and want it in the City Commission meeting.

Earl Blumenauer

What would have happened if, last September, Hurricane Ivan had veered 40 miles to the west, devastating the city of New Orleans?

What will hold that city up is the small businesses. There needs to be a way for them to network.

Richard Parsons

What we have here is the city selecting services that, for whatever reason, the city happens to like and directing those services to be put on.

Brad Davis

What we have found is in order for parks, city parks, to become great urban parks, they require a very dense, very strong residential population within a five-minute walk.

He offered extraordinary contributions to our city and we will always be grateful,

Mike Campbell

Having this kind of concentration of musical talent in the city over one weekend is completely unheard of.

Having more executive housing in Ventura would be a huge draw to the city for companies and investors.

Richard Rogers

Her gift is one the whole city can enjoy, ... The garden is a thrill for me. I even saw some joggers enjoying the paths.

Here we have 40,000 people and if we had a day or two notice we could probably get everybody out if we had to evacuate the entire city, ... Every emergency plan presupposes one thing, that there will be infrastructure to work off of, a road to drive down, some way to get a generator going to get electricity. If your city is underwater, when you reach a disaster of that magnitude it simply overwhelms any plan.