Jim Grant Quotations

Until we can get some really good rain to keep the fuels moist, it is really difficult to fight a fire.

We've asked departments in the last two years to trim back and be as frugal as possible so we'd have the dollars to provide the services we need to provide.

We have a project on the books right now to replace the women's jail, ... but it's only partially funded.

Many schools really want children reading in kindergarten when that wasn't done in our day.

Most people know who's billing them so they know who to call in an emergency. We feel privileged to serve the people we do and we want to please them.

Multicultural stories are really good to help our understanding of other cultures. That's what Martin Luther King is all about.

He had this gizmo, a ball that spun on a rod. You kept putting your fingers on the ball, spinning it as though you were gripping and throwing a pitch. You did that in the dugout, took it home with you. The idea was to teach you to release the ball so that it had more movement.

It could be a very bad situation. To this point we have not experienced any extremely bad fires. We have been very fortunate. We have a burning ban in 54 counties and we hope people are observing those.

People need to be very careful. If a fire started, it would burn quickly, especially if you have wind behind it. We don't want them to set a fire when it is windy or low humidity.

Johnny was the best thing that ever happened to me,

We need an approval soon. Every delay at the Planning Board level pushes the dates back.

You can imagine that people at a help desk or customer support center are much more efficient by having immediate access through a search engine and knowledge data base software to access quick answers to questions.

We cover a mostly commercial area over there. We had some spots that were without power for six or seven hours but mostly we were able to keep it to a couple of hours.

Bank of New York or Bank of America would come in and each would have their own regulatory or audit questionnaires. But it would be in a different form.

They (schools) want them to be able to read and write when they're in kindergarten. For some kids it works out but for some kids, they don't have the motivation, the interest and maturity level and when these kids can't do it they get very discouraged.

There was magic to that season -- for me, and more for my team,

It's not that we're concerned. We have plenty of options for the space.

In 27 of the 28 cases, sky-high prices eventually returned to earth, frequently making a small crater as they landed.

I asked the clubhouse guy, 'Did you change my locker?' ... And he said, 'We were told to take your stuff to the other clubhouse.'

The first half we just couldn't hit a shot. I thought the second half we played better defense, but its tough to match up.