Scott Patterson Quotations

With the increasing residential development downtown, a number of residents who are bus riders are rightfully concerned about service there.

Would you feel safe if you had a whistle?

My accountant worships me because I'm so cautious with my money.

Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better.

I'd like to settle down eventually, but acting is emotionally draining.

If an employee was paid with grants, if we don't have documentations, the auditor actually goes and tries to contact the individual.

If the family can afford to stay around to get their kids in kindergarten, they have probably found a way to do the housing thing.

I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it's tough trying to sell a song. It's all about finding that hook, that melody.

I think they are reading some things into some of the things they found that aren't really there.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache.

People retired all the time, but because Hurley and Knott were with the district for so many years, they are such an institution, so the thought was we should give them a proper send-off.

This is not good. The decline in enrollment is something we have to grapple with.

If you only look at salaries, we don't look very good. But if you look at total compensation, we look pretty good.

I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV.

In 10 different takes, you can do a scene 10 different ways.

However, if it gets to a situation where people are refusing not to abide by it, we do have the authority to not allow them to ride the bus. So that is one stick the agency has that it can use.