John Young Quotations

If you want to see an endangered species, get up and look in the mirror.

We're going to check this out at all of our sites. We are taking it very seriously.

Most people I've told about this think it's great. They really want to latch on to a good cause, ... But some of them say, 'Why do you have to hike the Grand Canyon ?'

I was scared. I thought we had no engine.

I didn't want people being trapped in Jefferson Parish without these services.

I don't feel a sense of personal failure. If there is a sense of failure, it's that I let the people who invested in me, who invested in this campaign down.

If you are going to make progress in aviation and aerospace, you've got to take some risks, and be willing to accept it. There were a lot of things going up and coming down that we didn't know, but we learned when we flew.

I think Susan has the maturity and leadership ability to represent in the manner in which this district has become accustomed.

Our hope is that those who support the animal liberation cause will see that criminal actions bring serious consequences, and will refrain from further assaults.

Our principal strategy is to build on the borough's strengths, ... We really believe that this will help make Queens an overall better place to live, to work, to visit.

I think everybody who wants to go has been evacuated,

We've learned a great deal. And that's why you fly a test flight, so you can learn.

Virtually every human being in the country has benefited from animal research.

We're really on the horns of a dilemma, ... And it seems to me that the levee needs to be preserved until ... everybody sits down together and comes up with a global solution to this problem.

Where else can you strip down a car, plow it into other cars driven by people you don't even know, and not get a ticket? ... It's just fun.

We're encouraging them to bring healthy snacks, but when a parent comes up with a tray of sweets, I'm not going to turn them away. I don't want to be the cupcake killer.

Today we are announcing the selection of Lockheed Martin, ... This effort will deliver a new helicopter that provides essential improvement in the range, speed, communications capability and survivability necessary to efficiently and securely transport the president of the United States.

We like the organic market and the organic market for olives at the present time has given us a great opportunity.

We are working throughout the borough with the community, with elected officials, and civic organizations to foster economic growth as well as support the creation of attractive and affordable housing to neighborhoods and provide the city's largest borough with an even better future.

We had about 23 guys in the astronaut office and they would have all killed to be on that first flight.

We need to be smarter. We are very ignorant about things that go on in our solar system.

Exploring space is a hazardous line of work, always has been and always will be. But if you're going to make progress in aerospace, you've got to accept some risk.

There can be stresses. 'I don't want to see the look of disappointment in my children's faces. Is it my fault?' The sense that I'm failing my wife, my children.

You get the family together that hasn't been together and there's drinking. Tempers can flair and old issues can come to the surface - old grievances, old axes-to-grind.

Cutting down on water use doesn't mean cutting down on outdoor activities or neglecting your lawn. These are simple steps that keep water use low when it matters the most.

Our customers consist of some of the largest financial services firms in the world. These organizations must be able to implement strict access controls to the massive amounts of sensitive data and information they store. Oracle Database Vault provides a strong foundation to build these controls without significantly impacting the performance of the application or database.

This is a beautiful site on the water. It's the perfect spot for a car show.

It was a very, very good deal for our company.

It's a wonderful machine that had done good things, and it's got a lot of good to do yet.

The new purchasers fully intend to pay the full debt ... and all the money owed on the property.

It's sort of an invigorating and enlivening experience. I feel very confident and very excited, and perhaps an overshadowing emotion is one of great humility at this point.

I loved talking to Sam Hodges. He was always very interesting, and I felt like I learned something every time I talked to him. I thought he was a fascinating man - maybe tough to work for, but he knew his business. He was extremely intelligent and fun to talk to.

I'm not trying to be insensitive to other parishes, but I was elected to represent the residents of Jefferson Parish, ... And as long as hurricane season is still open, we have to protect this parish.

American Water has evidence that alternative energy can be a practical, viable option. Committing to alternative energy sources benefits everyone. It reduces the impact on the environment, as well as America's dependence on fossil fuels. It also reduces our energy costs; those reductions are then passed onto our customers.

The kids who played last year can say that was an adult problem, we won the title. We as adults dropped the ball.