Dick Murphy Quotations

Our hearts go out to those who have lost their homes, ... This fire is so overwhelming, so devastating.

I don't think it will be that difficult to match the (10) highlighted criteria on this list. There are probably quite a few people out there who have done these things.

You know, it's almost human nature. If you give me a gift, I feel indebted to you... assuming it's a substantial gift.

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

I don't care if you're good or not. You don't always have a corner on perfection. And you need people to challenge what you're suggesting.

It took a long time for me to convince my staff people to leave me unscheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 everyday. And I need to do that as mayor. I need to schedule accessibility time.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.

Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life.

What I want to know is, how many students did we start with and how many did we have in the end? The other thing I want to know is, who left and why? . . . I would like to see graduation rates and absenteeism discussed at the same time.