Ed Martin Quotations

What's missing in all this is DeLay is getting us to not talk about the facts in the case one more day. They don't want to deal with the charges. They are shopping for a friendly judge.

We have a responsibility to racing fans to ensure the security and integrity of each and every wager made. We seek to require each wagering entity to monitor its pools and to participate in a national monitoring system by regulators to investigate potential illegal activity that could cheat the bettors and undermine the participants (of pari-mutuel sports).

In the governor's race, Chris Bell has as good a shot as anybody in a four-way race. If Bell holds on to his base and connects with some people who are tired of the way things are going, he could win.

Pain creates movement, and movement controls balance. If the opponent does not feel any pain you may be forced to break bones.

Hell would be to have to spend eternity in a Heaven with those who are sure they are going there.

Network presidents love to take shots at each other, but they've never been so vocal as they were this summer.

Nicole did a tremendous job. It easily could have been a 5-0 game, but she kept us in it.

CBS is doing really well and looking like an extremely classy network. It doesn't want to thoroughly humiliate itself.

Our hearts and prayers go out to those who lost their families or homes as a result of the hurricane. Re-establishing the vital communication link into the area is essential to the rescue and recovery effort. This is what we do and Optus employees are very pleased our expertise will be of assistance to those affected.

We're worried about when people hear this, they'll say, 'Oh, it's St. Louis city, Look how far they've come.

When you negotiate contracts, you have the ability to tell them, 'We want you to hire an independent monitor for our wagering system, and we want in our contract the right to receive that information from the monitor.' The pari-mutuel industry is the only one I know of that doesn't require an independent monitor.

At the end of the day, we hope the industry will embrace what we're doing. This industry, in my humble opinion, has been paralyzed by its own internal politics.

There's not as much disdain for the older demographic as we saw five to ten years ago.

I've never seen as many (schedule changes). We're having trouble keeping track.

This area will be a city someday. All of that land is either spoken for or is being entitled, so we were fortunate to get in early.

This is a big battle. There's no doubt statistically that there's been an undercount of massive proportions in Texas. No matter how hard we try, there's going to be one again.

This is a big battle, ... There's no doubt statistically that there's been an undercount of massive proportions in Texas. No matter how hard we try, there's going to be one again.

It's really going to be total Martha Stewart saturation come this fall, ... It would very likely be a much more effective time for CBS to run this movie.

Once an initial group of fans who want to see a particular show and have not been able to do so tap into online viewing and get their fill, can this continue to be a viable business model? I can see this generating a lot of interest up front but I'm not sure if there is any longevity.

If there is erosion in the Sopranos' ratings of any note, I think it has more to do with the fact that it's been gone for almost two years.

He's an outgoing person. Clearly that's an asset for him on the campaign trail. He's been around. His trick is to get out and introduce himself to those people.

The high-performance packaging not only delivers distinction at point of sale, but also reflects the edgy personalities of products they hold.

All of the Sun Cities in the West Valley have gotten more and more successful, so it was time to open the fourth. And the location we picked for this one is probably the most picturesque.