John Ellis Quotations

Maybe I was a little tentative. In hindsight, I should've played more aggressively. I made some misses because I didn't play aggressively.

I didn't notice anything missing, but I came across a pendant with a baby picture. I gave it to the office; it may have something to do with it. I found it underneath a couch... investigators seem to be interested in.

From number seven on I played very well. I knew just to stay in the tournament I would need to shoot three- or four-under. Fortunately, a 66 was good enough on a very demanding golf course.

The purpose of the documented flights is to obtain a photographic record of the riparian habitat zones along the rivers and lakes.

I think that's an additional tribute to him, that in a small district he was able to do something that stands out.

You can get around a lot better now. Main Street and McCullough Boulevard and Coley Road by the Furniture Market are the best improvements they've made.

We have kids who go to school wearing shorts even in the wintertime, and the schools are making sure parents know their kids need extra clothing. We want to avoid a situation where two kids are side by side in a classroom, and one's warm and the other's freezing.

It was uninhabitable, ... I needed to clean it out so that the contractor could come in. When the students heard that I was going to get a crew to do the cleanup, they volunteered.

School systems are up against the unknown. The second biggest impact has been health insurance. Increases have been all over the board. A lot of districts have reported insurance increases of 30 to 40 percent range from last year.

This is an unusual step for us, but not unprecedented. We feel this is necessary and appropriate.

There was just too much thrown in there. I think that really kind of clouded the issue.

There is wisdom in truth but not always happiness in knowledge.

At a time when they can't properly fund education . . . now is not the time you start trying to figure out how to take money away from those institutions the state has the largest responsibility towards.

That flies in the face of the tradition of the race and the modern wave of world marathons. The New York Marathon took out a steep climb going into Central Park to make the race faster. Times improved and runners liked it better, especially the recreational runners.

It was mind-boggling, ... I just adore these kids. They are just so special. These are the future leaders of the world. I'm so proud of them.

It was a great putt. I don't know how it didn't go in. When it's going good, those go in and when it's not, that's the way it is.

They worked every penny of it, ... They told me they would have done it for free. You could feel the love in the room.

I'm just going to go out and play my game. I'm going to be aggressive when the golf course allows me to be. I'm going to go out firing and try to shoot a good round.

If you can just cut out all the stuff you're doing to try to avoid stuttering in the first place, you're halfway home - if not more so,

Instead of just stopping for lunch the kids swooped in and grabbed a handful, ... These guys all worked like Trojans.

His goal is consolidation of school services, not districts. If so, I think we have something to talk about.

You could tell they had done a good day's work, ... I almost started crying. They kept saying, 'Mr. Ellis, it's going to be OK.' That was so cool.