Brian Murphy Quotations

We've seen our electric bills skyrocket. The city is trying to help. Our goal is to lower and stabilize what you pay for electricity supply.

I am firmly convinced that the ideal combination leading to a happy life is to have the time to both fish and read.

Dress for the job you want aka always dress like the Ultimate Warrior

Since the minute the Auburn game ended, there were a lot of questions from the press - 'Can you follow this up?' Tech is 1-3 in games following an upset of a Top 25 team under Gailey, so it's certainly been a problem ... but I think right now there are enough senior leaders on this team that have seen what happened in the past and are determined not to let that happen again. If they lose this game it's not going to be because they weren't focused and ready to play.

Obviously the council needs to figure out what criteria they're looking for. They indicated they're going to do a national search. Part of the process is to determine what traits and skill sets they're looking for in a city manager. I don't know what direction council wants to go. That obviously will be a huge factor for candidates both internal and external.

One of the most important pieces of the public outreach is meeting face to face with as many people as possible.

I don't believe it at all. I don't want to believe it. I can't even believe Tony's gone.

Kilgore had some ideas on transportation, but they weren't exactly great ones. He certainly never brought them home as part of a bigger message.

Kilgore had some ideas on transportation, but they weren't exactly great ones, ... He certainly never brought them home as part of a bigger message.

We needed to explain to him why, which we have done. As far as an apology, I believe it was necessary to prove we did the right thing.

We had 500 critical-care patients. We had only three deaths.

We always try to gauge what's happening with the wind but you can't always tell when it's going to pick up like that.

We weren't racking up the margins we needed in the Bull Run-Linton Hall area. In the areas where Kilgore should have been making up ground, he tied.

This is the area open to (stability) and savings.

Every night. I got up at 5 to head to work. Same routine everyday.

These ward meetings are a way to explain the concept firsthand to residents and business owners.

Once a proposal is approved at the state level then a direct mailing will be sent to every account holder. This is the beginning of a long process.

If you're going to put something in your roadway, you better make sure it stays where it's put.

HIPs should reduce the number of aborted sales, where vendors put their property on the market almost at a whim because it doesn't cost them anything.

Carpets offer a continuity between now and the past.

These fools start dancing at six, and they'll dance until you turn the music off at 2 a.m..