Bill Thompson Quotations

The people who live there don't consider it a casino. It's a luxurious place to go for an evening out.

Until we got that rain in June, we we're going to be nip and tuck. Hopefully we'll get a good winter.

There are more important things to do. And courts don't want to waste time and they'll say, 'work something out.'. . . And the prosecutor doesn't want to go after the fire company. It's not worth police energy. It would solve matters if they could clean up the legislation.

We're just going to put everything on hold now until we have further insight on the process.

Macau is going to be a gold mine if the Chinese never take it over. And since Wynn can keep selling sublicenses in Macau, there's almost no way he can lose in the short run.

She was beautiful. She kept thinking she was going to be a model.

One out of four people who attempt the summit die. We've only got four people on our expedition -- those aren't very good odds.

maybe makes Bobby Siller's words carry a little more meaning.

People who are involved in methamphetamine have found other ways to get it. People always find a way to get around a new law, or at least part of it.

But G2E, with 700 exhibitors, shows it's an open industry. Las Vegas has thrived on openness and we should send a signal the industry is open.

I enjoy the process, the game, trying to solve the puzzle on who's going to win the race.

We try to keep it cleaned up. But we just don't have the enforcement to patrol it. There's a lot of garbage. It would be nice if we could get everybody to quit using it for a landfill. And it's pretty good wildlife habitat, but they run their four-wheelers through it and just destroy it.

We made sure all those young men being crippled by enemy fire were safe. We took them home.

Harrah's is a good corporate citizen, but they have priorities,

I think a real marker is if a leader has aberrant theology and is not held accountable,

It had the best golf course and was a true resort,

I was having the tree cut down as a safety factor because it leaned way over the house.

We do want a viable junior high and high school in Lafayette, but not at the expense of our Opelousas campus.

We really made an effort to give this a student-centered focus.

We had heard from parents and people outside the school that we were moving to Lafayette or in that area. But we like to think we're a vital part of the Opelousas community. We're not going anywhere.

We'll probably just see a handful of westerners. It's much easier and cheaper to get to Nepal than Tibet.

We'll probably just see a handful of westerners, ... It's much easier and cheaper to get to Nepal than Tibet.

Those areas are growing fast, ... The Canadian and U.S. churches are shrinking - it's the incredible shrinking church. It's not surprising, because there's no meat there.

We're paving the parking lots, making our landscape more attractive. Soon we'll start looking at new buildings, more classrooms, a new chapel, a media center ... there's a lot in our minds.

We just think about it as good business and good business sense,

There's no doubt when we know it counts we'll put more effort into it. We'll have to reallocate our time and resources accordingly.

The resolution on Jesus was tabled and never acted upon,

I spoke with her the day before she was murdered. She was very happy and confident. I told her to come home, please come home.

is not going to go over very well.

And the fact is, that can affect the gaming industry more than other sectors. Gaming is one group the threat of terrorism can really hurt. General Electric will still be going if there's another attack, but Las Vegas would be affected as if it were a hurricane like Katrina.

You put poker tables in, then you take them out and put slot machines in if the fad disappears. So they'll ride it and they'll ride it for a profit.

This is practical knowledge needed to run a recording studio. It's about recording music and executing a live performance from a technological standpoint.

This guy doesn't have deep pockets, ... That's the problem. Is he going to have the money to sustain it?

For a lot of the older people moving to town, the locals casino becomes their venue of choice. They have low-cost buffets. You can see movies there, play bingo. Those people are lonely, and they have money. They don't have obligations.

Even (winning) $500 gives them a big rush, and they want the rush again. If they get on a winning streak early, they can be hooked for life.

It's an absolute tragedy, ... Both defendants had tears in their eyes while they were talking to the judge and said it was nobody's fault but their own.

None of it is something you can make a dream out of for your child.

It's not a trip to actually climb the mountain, It's more of a trekking trip, ... You can non-technically climb -- no ropes -- up to 22,000 feet.

I'm glad that he didn't have to suffer anymore. I realize that it's a hard thing to lose a president, and it's even worse to lose a friend.

I played at the Greenyards for Kelso once and it will be nice returning with some of our talented Otago boys, ... John has said he would be delighted to take the team but Josh is unavailable at that time because he's back studying here again for a physiotherapy degree.

By our actions today we keep the memory of the brave triangle workers alive, but also we use it, to make sure that we help to ensure the health and safety of future generations of American workers, understanding that they have many enemies these days?and if we do not stand together we'll find ourselves moving back in history.

If employees feel that they're not open to being discriminated against I think it makes everyone feel a little safer and a little more wanted. And then you have better and more productive employees.

The industry is content with the spread of gambling to date. Now, they just want more facilities (in jurisdictions where gambling already is legal.

You've got the wrong technology for the fuel we're burning, the wrong technology being gas turbines. But we're here and this is what we've got.

All of the notoriety is on pharmaceuticals - they are on employers' radar screens.