Mike Lawrence Quotations

People were surprised about the amount of money. But there was sort of a sense if he gave us our share, what's wrong with him getting his share.

I focused on the negative - I was concerned about him and his family. From my perspective, he had spent eight years working tremendously hard as governor. He's got more time to spend with his family.

He made ethics a major deal and he's going to be held to account for any indications that his administration is not highly ethical and associates of his have made use of the relationship with him and others in the administration.

It is amazing that more of these folks don't know the details or even the broader sweeps in the Ryan case. My sense is they aren't being disingenuous; it's just a matter that they have other things going on in their lives. Attention spans are not as long as they once were.

Our church was the big, huge suburban church that thought they could get things done by only using money.

Paul did a lot of good things for southern Illinois, including helping to build the university I work at.

My purpose in visiting with them (this week) was to alert them to the need.

Marsh is more pleasant to look at than kind of a mud bank.

We don't know for sure that Gov. Blagojevich is Official A. Even if he is Official A, it does not mean that he necessarily had knowledge of what is being alleged.

We give you the helmet and some goggles. But you're responsible for picking the bugs out of your teeth.

There's no question that the downfall of the Republican Party rests squarely on George Ryan's shoulders.

Providing clean, dependable and affordable electricity is the single most important commodity we can contribute to improving the quality of life in underdeveloped countries.

You would think there would be a great amount of interest in the governor's race, but we just aren't seeing it.

It was boredom. Essentially that's what he said at the time. The constitution gives the lieutenant governor no real responsibilities except to succeed the governor in the event of death or other impairment.

It's in the hands of the agencies. We're prepared to do it any time that we get the permit to do it.

It's an attempt to make it a fun event even though they're waiting to check in.

I'm glad we got to be in it because the movie addresses issues that real Christians deal with on a daily basis.

I'm not sure the verdict itself is what's going to affect people. I have a sense that people already have their minds made up.