Joe Allen Quotations

Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it.

I love being out at all times of the year because I get to think about things and angle for some fish too.

We can just put the old fire escapes in Jack's parking space,

We had to repay almost $3,000 to groups and people who had given us money thinking it was deductible, and I figure we've lost maybe another $4,000 in donations we would have gotten since this came up. So we're hurting. We need some help to pay the bills and keep our programs going.

We should do whatever we can. If you can donate 5 cents, $1,000 or $100,000, we appreciate it. Or, at least, put them into your prayers,

Every game is a playoff game now. We have to approach it with that intensity. We lost two on the road (last week) that we should have won. So we have to play them all like this.

You're denying that person the right to run a business, ... We can't find no Kahlua cream in south Bibb County now! We need that place.

You don't want a vote on this tonight, Bert,

I told him to bring it down to the courthouse if he wants some of me.

It's some personal things. That's why I'm dropping out now instead of finishing the semester.

It was a private conversation between myself and another elected official, and that's the end of it. We can work on other issues.

I love the national anthem. I'm a veteran, and it just has a special meaning.

I can't vote for something that's going to give the mayor that kind of power.

I am proud of the role I played during the original grassroots effort to revitalize and remake Gwinnett¹s central business district. I am pleased to be able to use my professional abilities to once again strengthen the ties between the business community, Chamber, local government and other stakeholders.