Willie Brown Quotations

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.

I got the impression that both parties are desperately interested in settling this strike,

He was saying I was blind and that there was nobody to take care of me and that I couldn't live here anymore.

He didn't want that baby. He didn't have to be the father. I wanted that baby.

I think it's an outstanding community project for the young children. My hat's off to the fire department.

We started to put our intuitions and our feelings aside in the second game. We could have gotten out of our deficit with the way we were starting to play. Sometimes Mother Nature steps in, and that can be a good thing. At least we walk out of here with a little pride in our pockets from performing at the end.

To win in this country these days you have got to campaign down to a thirteen year-old's level of mental development .

Dede is more dedicated and focused on things she cares about than almost anybody I've ever met. She makes a maximum effort from her own resources before she makes a request of anybody else. She's very bright. And I love the fact that she's tough as nails, and totally straight. Bulls -- is not what she likes to be exposed to or steps in.

This is something that I have always wanted to do. I got the opportunity to learn from Coach Ashcroft in the past. I am very excited to now be the head coach of the baseball program. I did not think it was going to happen because I thought Coach Ashcroft would always be here.

It's the way films ought to be done here in San Francisco,

It's like I have been telling people. Who can do you the most damage and the most good on a daily basis? George Bush or your town mayor?

They were ... quite civil yesterday. And I think it will continue even today, ... And pretty soon, people will get to the point when they'll start talking substantively.

All grades get about 10 minutes where they can go outside for a supervised snack and play on the monkey bars or slide as long as there's no rough-housing.

A legislator deals with theory; the executive implements. A legislator does not have the responsibility to deliver anything but a theoretical framework for someone else to implement.

All the rehearsals and all the preparations and all the trial runs have now paid dividends, ... San Franciscans have been performing magnificently ... road rage has been totally removed, people have been incredibly courteous to each other.

You're going to be accused of every high crime and low misdemeanor there is.

Mayors are judged by results.

The public still ultimately determines what happens to you politically, by virtue of the casting of their vote ... and you cannot ever predict what will move the public in one direction or another.

Dressing is a matter of taste, and I've met very few Republicans with good taste.

Caen's San Francisco may not be the city we remember, but it is the city we want to remember.

Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.