Mike Ferguson Quotations

It's obviously an enormous company with incredibly deep pockets, so having a foothold in the Treasure Valley probably opens up an opportunity for additional economic activity that would be connected with Microsoft.

Very few pilots even know how to read Morse code anymore. But if a pilot could read Morse code, he could tell which beacon he was approaching by the code that was flashing from it.

Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century.

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.

Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event. [a cynical but perhaps fair assessment]

Change happens when one individual has had enough pain and finds the inner resolve to ask for help and make a difference.

We probably don't need to acquire as much additional land as we're disposing of and we have a lot of other needs in terms of managing the lands we do have. It's nice to be able to find a revenue stream that will help meet some of the other discretionary programs.

There were so many needs that needed to be met in an expedited fashion, ... The Red Cross was running a very good operation at the center, and the volunteers at the church were running a very organized operation there. But people were just running from one task to the next, trying to meet the need that was most critical at that moment.

Not in terms of the number of bags of coffee that move through the Cup of Excellence program, but through the impact of the auctions.