E. O. Wilson Deal Quotations

The primary focus is that the children continue learning. If you don't help them or their families deal with it, it prolongs the ability to get back to normal.

The owners panicked. They were afraid there might be a work stoppage. But we would've had 12 months to sit down and work a better deal out. With this deal, there's going to be half the clubs under water.

We have to be able to recognize when we pull up outside that we might be having to deal with one of these buildings,

We'll have some major bond projects coming on line: three parks, three fire stations and two libraries, including the main library. Then for the year starting in September, we'll have to deal with the full impact of those facilities, plus the new history museum and the zoo expansion, which will be getting into full swing.

This new deal is worse than the one we had. You want labor peace, but you also want a fair deal.

Emergency management officials, law enforcement officials and public health officials might reassess how well those plans are designed to deal with those populations,

I signed a two-year deal here and got hurt the first year. I beat myself up all the time for that, because I'm obligated to this organization and this city to help us win ball games.

This is a bad deal for the NFL for the next six years. It's a bad deal. It's too much money; 59.5 percent (of revenue for the players) is far too much. ... And it's particularly a bad deal for medium- and small-market clubs.

It's a big deal that Congress is voting to approve increasing the national debt. They say 'We're going to control spending' and then they turn around and make huge budget amendments, sending us further into debt.

It'll take Joe a little while to accept that he's not a Bruin anymore, and I can understand that. You tend to think about the team that didn't want you as opposed to the team that did want you. Those feelings are going to be there and we'll help him deal with them.

Nothing's changed. Basically, without going into all the details, the deal is just about the same. Maybe the high-revenue clubs are picking up a slight increase in money.