John Keefe Quotations

I think the city has wakened up to the fact that tourism is its last great hope.

We'd been watching the storm over the weekend and our feeling was that if there was a direct hit on New Orleans, we'd go to special coverage. When it took that slight veer, we decided New Yorkers would still want the other things we'd planned for today.

After all these years of service, ... you kind of feel, 'Why did I do this?'

They're happy to tell us the good news. They may not want to share news when it's negative because it may cause people to pull their funds out.

This is clearly not the case, ... The liabilities may have been understated and the assets overstated.

I have put in 23 years of service and have been a donor. This has all been done in a very callous manner. I feel the board and the director should have done something. They're hanging on to their endowment at the expense of the staff.

You can't be a nationwide player and not be in California and on the West Coast.