Michael Coleman Quotations

We're (bad) right now. No excuses. We have to get it done.

We need a structured, rational, negotiated and responsive strategy to fix our infrastructure once and for all,

Singapore is a serious world financial center and serious financial crimes have to be dealt with appropriately. Many investors, including small investors, have lost significant amounts of money.

She's a great mare and the one we all have got to beat but this horse has a great turn of foot,

I was right there with the camera both times. It's an experience, to say the least.

He worked very nicely and I was pleased with the way he handled the track. I'm looking forward to Saturday.

We just have to keep swinging the bats and it will come. We'll snap out of it soon.

OPEC has made sure there's no shortage of crude oil and the world refining system has responded to the (profit margin) incentives that the hurricanes have provided, plus demand is a bit lower year-on-year.

I think I came out and was a little too nervous. It's really great to be out here, though. I'm really enjoying the whole experience, no matter what happens.

We need a partnership with the Government of Canada and we need long-term planning. The proposed sector tables are a practical, realistic mechanism for making this happen.

The problem is whereas there are thousands of people working on the prop desks of investment banks in equities and bonds, you're talking about a very small fraction of the people doing that in commodities.

There are other ways of achieving the savings, and that's through negotiation.

Xcellent probably isn't a good enough name for him now, is it?

There has to be operating standards for every facet of the operation, it's not that they're mysterious. The university never mandated that they be here. And that will stop,

There hasn't been a horse at home who's done what he's done in a long, long time,

Why are we in the housing business? That was the foundation in which all the other recommendations rest.

We cannot afford one more day in which the governor is preoccupied with these scandals at the expense of a focus on creating jobs, reforming education, and moving Ohio forward,

What appears to be currently an ample stock situation will start looking a lot tighter quite quickly, and what doesn't go away is all the event risk. It's a much more dangerous-looking world than a year ago.

What (British Air) has said is their agenda mustn't (be altered), ... British Airways has to get out of this entrenched position that says, 'This is the only way we see this being achieved.'

What's going on is good because here is a Chinese company where the Chinese senior management is being exposed to Singapore law. It's a lesson for Chinese companies that are listed here that Singapore won't shy away from putting you in trial.

Brazil is ordering mills back to work early to crush cane to meet demand for ethanol. Harvesting cane early damages the yield, even without bad weather. Anything that happens to the Brazilian crop would be explosive.

Everyone will be watching to see if there is any indication of a reduction in throughput at US refineries, which are long overdue for maintenance.

The story played out first in oil, but it's the same story about underlying strong demand growth and finite capacity for supply side to react.

The oil market has been wrestling with a slightly easier fundamental picture in the near term and a longer-term concern about event risk.

This is an outpouring of love and compassion, ... I am just so proud of my city.

The way the cracks are pricing now, it looks like there is going to be a gasoline supply problem down the road.

There's a relatively small pool of people with in-depth commodity trading experience, and there's an even smaller number of people who have had any exposure to managing third-party money.

It was a show. He was always ready and eager to play. Wasn't scared of nobody, wasn't scared of no hit. He wanted the ball all the time and when he didn't get it he'd cry. He just wanted to win.

It is truly important for us that campus housing enhance the experience the students have at UTD.

It's like the Cuban missile crisis; we are just waiting for someone to blink.

It's understandable with the cost of gas and diesel going up so much. I don't like it, but I understand it.

They bring me hits. It's always nice having them here.

Anytime you have large gatherings of people there's always the possibility of some sort of medical condition. You're talking 60,000 at a football game, 15,000 at a basketball game. You're talking about the Lawn where you have 20,000 gathered.

Every warm day is a day lost for the bulls. We would need a really severe, prolonged cold spell -- say six to eight weeks -- to begin to make a big dent in inventories.

The last thing he would want (voters) to believe is he is the incumbent mayor. ... His whole theme is change.

I'm going to do what's in the best interest of the station. If I'm getting in the way, then I'll back away.

I know it looked a bad ride, but to a certain extent we were a victim of circumstances.

Investors have an innate tendency to allocate money to sectors that make money, and the strong commodity bull market still has some way to run.

I never thought I would say this, but I can't wait until we get the (regular) umpires back. We still have to play ball.

Hopefully, their kid will look like the mother.

The commission felt obligated to the community to make concrete recommendations. We gave Dr. Daniel the blueprint. He has to devise how to build it.