Oscar Goodman Quotations

When we were growing up in Philadelphia, she would drop us off at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on weekends, ... I was enamored of the armor collection of knights and weapons.

We're going to have our parades, we're going to have our symphonies, our concerts and everyone's going to have good time,

We determined there were best practices that could be adopted as a result of their presentation,

The people love the people that I've represented as far as bringing intrigue into the area here.

Maybe I can get some straw men out here and we can make a buck,

If I'm up at three in the morning, there's no other place to go.

He expressed his love and interest in Las Vegas,

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about, ... We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant.

I also believe in a little bit of corporal punishment going back to the days of yore, where examples have to be shown,

I think we're at the crossroads -- whether we want to be the entertainment capital of the world or a great American city. Our economy is good. Things are so wonderful in Las Vegas and it's time to move to the next level.

just an exhibition. They (the sports books) don't make any money off that.

We are trying to educate people how important it is not to use your car all the time. There's different ways to get to work. We have trails here and one of the ways to get to work, of course, is on these bicycles.

the one with the relationship with (NBA Commissioner) David Stern.

There could be no better time or place for this Welcome Home party than in Las Vegas during our 2005 Centennial celebration, ... Las Vegas is proud of our servicemen and women and equally proud of our veterans. We anticipate a 2005 Veterans Day parade and air show that will go down in the history books.

You get a couple of bums who take advantage of the situation, and what starts off as a very nice gesture ... turns into a sleazy methodology of trying to make a buck from it,

There's not enough time to fulfill the NBA requirement, ... And I wouldn't ask them (the sports books) to, either.

These were not simple concepts and the issues were complex. I think it has been a very worthwhile experience.

This city's going to really hum, hopefully sooner than later, ... This is the American dream.

This is the heart and soul of Las Vegas. This is what our future is all about.

It's just as important as having a major league baseball team or an academic medical center, ... It creates a sense of sophistication in the community.

It's the time once again when we're being called upon to express our generosity to our brothers and sisters who have been affected by Katrina.

It's so unfair because the centennial committee wanted to present this very special event available to everybody free of charge,

I want to find out if the monies are going to be co-mingled. I was promised they would not be. That the quarter cent would be separate and that would be for 1,000 police officers and equipment on the street.

They just need to be able to recover so they can go back and do what the Lord has entrusted them to do,

I'm dead serious, ... Some of these (children) don't learn. You have got to teach them a lesson, and this is coming from a criminal defense lawyer.

including the run down old, saggy naked broad show at the Tropicanna.

I'm saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb.

In today's terms this is very affordable, ... It's great that the people living here can walk out of their homes, have a martini and then go to the entertainment district.

In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes, ... Nevada Newsmakers.

I'd take one Betty over 100 showgirls any day.

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about.

Never waste a prayer on something that isn't important.

I drink to excess, I gamble to excess, but everyone knows it, so it's not a big deal.

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant.