Tom Smith Quotations

What we're looking for behind the scenes are background checks for known felons and other things that are publicly available, to make sure these don't get in the hands of a criminal.

When we first got together, the idea was to go out and have fun and play rock and roll. We just go out and do our best and the most important thing is to have fun. It's infectious. When we're up on stage having fun, then the crowd is having fun, too.

Work with the people to find things that would be creative that would maybe prevent damage. Particularly for people that are really on the periphery of the flood area that could maybe for relatively small investment could do improvements that would prevent flooding.

When Tim came and spoke to us (last March), he laid out the things he was going to do in the next few months. Probably 94.8 percent of those were done when he said they?d be, and I can?t honestly tell you what the other 5 percent are.

We're looking at expenses, but we're also not going to be foolish in cutting back in an area where we need to continue to win ... and make sure we protect the company.

Signing with them was the best decision we ever made.

More friends are made through being hilariously bad at something than were ever made through being superb.

If this is what we are paying $192 a year for, then we just got taken for another ride.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a pang. What's done is done but you always have regrets.

I'd also like to see city-owned garages offer the first hour or two free.

Given modest upside we see for these volatile shares, we would hold, but not add to, positions.

If (the company) hired permanent replacements, then they don't have to give the strikers their jobs back upon termination of the strike.

He was all over it. I guess you could say we were lucky to score one run. He just totally dominated and he has for two games against us. You just have to tip your hat to a good pitcher sometimes.

I always respect a person's right to practice in accordance with their personal beliefs if they make advance notice to customers of those beliefs.

I think that it will assist women in that it won't change pharmacists' behavior regarding choices about prescriptions, but it will require them to assist patients in obtaining prescriptions.

People are more concerned with getting rid of them.

Rock and roll is one of the great American art forms, just like jazz, blues, and bluegrass. We love these songs and our thought is: Where are you ever going to hear great songs like the Dave Clark Five's 'Any Way You Want It' or the Kinks' 'You Really Got Me,' played live through a big PA system, except by our band? Nowhere!

Such is the nature of the human ego; it resents its betters and gloats at its lessers.

Some of these companies are like piggy banks.

Some of these animals are getting more used to people, and they are not afraid to come into town. This is going to become more and more of a problem.

I think part of these profits reflect prices that far exceeded their costs of manufacturing immediately after the hurricanes, and remained high for longer than they needed to.

The anticipation would have been that problems would have been down.

We're taking this very seriously. We're fully aware that it's a massive place in a big market. We want to do very well. We believe we can do very well here.

Unfortunately, some of the media started reporting that there would be shortages. This was absolutely the worst thing that could happen. What we need was for people to get just what they needed, then there is enough for emergencies. The panic is defeating the conservation effort that should be in place.

We project the present semiconductor sub-industry expansion to continue into 2007.

We're leaving the decision about what to do with the animal once it's trapped to the company we've hired.

We're not giving any opinion with regard to what's going on there. We don't know if replacements are permanent or temporary. We don't look into that until after the election occurs, if the election is challenged.

We view the split as a modestly positive factor because a lower price-per-share should encourage a wider, more stable ownership base.

We're not out of the woods yet. But the momentum is coming back from the customers.

There are quite a lot of people in the city who are beaten down. Just to have this infusion of young, energetic, positive people has been a shot in the arm.

Two things are inevitable: we die and we change. I'm here because this fuel is the wave of the future.

We just wanted to help out the law enforcement community who we work with all the time. The mom, she hugged me. It was a really good feeling.

We feel very good about at least the next six months. Once you get beyond that, it's anyone's guess. Any sort of macro-economic catastrophe could change the outlook overnight.

We continue to very actively work on our preparation plan, both here at Mayo and, more importantly, at the county and the state (level).

We don't want to wear them down too much.

We have done everything we can to make sure the channels will carry the maximum capacity.

Even though it was scary, it was a lot of fun to play side by side with Dave. He kind of opened my eyes to some new stuff. It was kind of nice to play with someone new.

It was a little too much Blaine Howell and a little too much A.C. Reynolds tonight. We played a little bit timid or nervous or scared or what you want to call it. I was a little disappointed in the way our kids performed. But there were some things that we can learn from, some things that we can do better and hopefully improve upon before the season is over.

These countries formed their national identities through conflicts that bound their people together and created a national story that resonates with citizens.

The thing with Jazz is that it's kind of like a risk takers kind of music.

A 'D' is like running around on bald tires. A 'D' is a warning sign. Maybe we've got a few more miles before a tire blows out.

This evolved because of my love for kids. I have a real connection with them.

They say there's too much debris over there. That's the official reason.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and we're going to give them a whole lot of pictures.

A lot of people want to be able to defend themselves, and they are not going to be comfortable with a firearm.

They have a lot of cash on hand and need to do something with it.

There were pros and cons. It's a two-year trial. We do rule changes every two years. We'll see if it's an improvement.

It's estimated that 13,000 localities will be competing for 1,200 business relocations in the next year, making the competition fierce. We believe our county is a persuasive competitor, and we want to make sure we use all of our resources to beat the competition.

It's a challenge to avoid becoming Katrina University, where everything is about the storm. Kids crave normalcy.

It's about people being aware of your band. There's no way people outside of the major cities are going to be aware of your band unless you go to the places and play to the college kids.

It's not risk free, but the reality is these were people that were being taken into custody, that were breaking the law, were on an illegal drug and force had to be used. We believe this is the safest alternative. Unfortunately, we just can't save em all.

It's no mistake that many of the lakes polluted with mercury are near power plants. These rules are just designed to excuse the dirtiest plants.

It's an ingenious way to shake down money from the lobby and for the lobbyists to get almost 48 hours of uninterrupted attention from the chairman. It certainly shows Barton's insensitivity to issues of propriety.

It's a positive thing for passengers in small markets, because it brings a new level of service that most haven't experienced.

That's one thing we've been really fortunate with. Our kids have been around the pro scouts. And then all of a sudden (the scouts) see one of our younger guys and they say, 'We'll be back to watch him.' It just helps all of our kids. And a lot of pro guys help with recommendations to colleges. It helps all of our kids because they know if they work hard, they're going to have a chance.

It's not as deadly as some people have said.

Everyone at Roberson wishes Cam the best. Everyone hopes things work out for him. By taking this step, he can still be a Tiger. We'll see what happens.

It was one of the biggest musical moments of my life. From then on, Dennis tried to hire us for sessions.

It's very important for us to understand what the impact of this project is on the natural system.

The world is primarily organized in nation states: sovereign, geo-political entities organized around one predominant nationality or ethnic group. National identity is the cohesive force that both holds nation states together and shapes their relationships with the family of nations.

They will cooperate with the state and its investigation and a trial if there is one.

These things have not only been great honors for Josh and his family but for our school and baseball program. Josh had a great summer, in particular, and people took notice. We couldn't be happier for him.

The lady saw the gun. She knew he was depressed. She was scared for him, so she had fear in her mind and honestly no one can believe her when she said she was not scared for her kids.

I'm not really a drug person. And the tics wax and wane naturally, so you don't even know if the medications are helping.

I'm sure they're nice people and they have a cute baby they brought tonight.

In our American football, for example, it is not unusual to hear about how our institution 'carried' the athlete through, or perhaps he majored in an insignificant course of study like perhaps, Human Relations.

I really think that's inappropriate, and I can't support that.

I remember right after we opened, everybody was going to the new Cumberland Mall.

Investing in new stores and renovations is an important part of Food Lion's strategy for the company year,

I don't think the outcome necessarily benefits students or raises test scores. It's not going to achieve that. I don't see how it will benefit improvements in education. When those in government forgo the principle of local control it's a little frustrating.

I can see another 1983 if this continues.

The jumpsuits have paid for themselves because I get to ski for free.

The history in this room, it's like playing football for the Bears. This is the group you hear about. It's a great honor to be among them.

You will be able to see with an infrared ability built into this, what the officers are seeing at the time they fire, what led up to the firing, and through the firing.

Am I concerned? Absolutely. We're going to have some flooding.