David Olson Quotations

Underwriting has slipped. If you look at FICO (credit) scores, many loans today are made with sub-prime FICO (credit) scores, ... We are just asking for trouble.

If the union loses on this one, ... it may not be a watershed comparable to the air traffic controllers strike in 1982, but it would be a big setback.

We're right at the cusp of a housing bubble.

Mr. Page is the real story of this season. The way he carries himself, the way he inspires people. He may not always see us, but we all see him.

Very often, government agencies create graphical information rather than just text to explain different services, whether it's how to apply for a permit or how to use the 911 system. But the more graphic it is, the more speed and capacity you need. Up until now, our citizens just haven't had that. So we see lots of possibilities for public education.

I showed empirically that in the general election those crossover voters stayed with the candidate they had crossed over to support in the primary. A lot of Republicans preferred her in 1976 and stayed with her.

I think that is very harmful to the nature of our democratic politics because, not unlike the market, competition politically is a healthy sign of a well-functioning democracy,

I don't think (Seattleites) fear big ideas or fear change. I think we (value) process extraordinarily strongly.

Remote forest areas that function as refuges for threatened island species are increasingly rare and should receive the highest priority for conservation on the larger islands of the Pacific.

We kept it professional. We wanted to have a nice clean look.