Tom Johnson Quotations

We found out it was a radio station, so we feel it was a big hoax from Denver.

We?re going to make it so that if George Washington or Mrs. Folsom were to reappear, they would recognize the place.

We know what time it was sold, we know that it was five tickets, five plays on one ticket, they were all quick-picks, that much we know.

We're still running some of the same plays we did back then.

Women tend to be much more optimistic. About half of the women in the survey felt they would reach their 90th birthday.

We're glad to be going, but we're sad to be leaving some quality people.

Sign the ticket, put it in a safe place, take the phone off the hook, tell as few people as possible, talk to financial person, and come tell us.

My last several years at CNN were years when I felt like my old self, ... back to the person that I was in my 20s and 30s -- my very best years.

One important consideration is how the arena would link downtown -- how people can get from one venue to another venue and feel like it is all one linked area, where you feel comfortable as a pedestrian walking a couple of blocks,

More than anything, Ed will be remembered as the newsman's newsman, ... He could be so tough on his people in his pursuit of getting it right and getting it first, but he could also be a wonderful teacher.

One of the big things at Lebanon is I'm getting a three-year contract and I have full control of who I want to hire in terms of coaches without having to go through anybody else,

I grew up in Zionsville, about 10 miles south of Lebanon, so I know the history of the basketball program there.

I can't speak for Jack. I haven't talked to him since that decision. He's been out of the city so I don't know what his reaction is.

If a guy called up (partners) Joe Roper or Tom Brown and said, 'I need a rig on location next Monday,' it would be there.

I expect he'll be up there watching the mission from the heavens, probably shouting, 'Holy cow, what a sight!'

If we allow (an enemy) to launch an attack against our troops overseas and not defend them, consider those costs.

Greta made it clear (to Simpson) that there would be no restrictions and there would be a full range of questions.

He's given a lot to Canadian swimming and our program,

He was simply one of the most loved members of the CNN family.

He was never on the security tapes here at the store. He said he played one ticket, we know it was five tickets. It was a Quick Pick, he said he played his own numbers. He said there were two gentlemen who sold him the ticket, there were two ladies working there at the time.

I wouldn't read a lot into one year's statistics. That's particularly true at the moment, when you've had a number of years of pretty dramatic decline in violent crime. If you're comparing this year's numbers to the 1990s, the story would be a decrease in crime.

John Holliman was one of a kind -- a CNN original. He passionately loved his family, his friends and his job. John's smile, his humor and his contagious optimism brightened the lives of all who met him.

John Holliman was one of a kind -- a CNN original, ... He passionately loved his family, his friends and his job. John's smile, his humor and his contagious optimism brightened the lives of all who met him.

It came down to a number of things, but obviously family was big, ... I'm going to be 35 minutes from my son, I'm going to be 20 minutes from my parents and a half-hour from my brother's family.

I think that's almost an immediate reaction by people who have accomplished a lot in their lives,

I think Wal-Mart has brought forward a good plan. They've addressed most of the concerns the council has had. But unfortunately, unless you can drag the state kicking and screaming, you're not going to get the access.

People are living longer and having healthier lives. They are recognizing that their money has to last as long as they do, but are dramatically underestimating how long they need their nest egg to last.

Our (guests) aren't just speakers; they're a variety of things.

Playing at Gulf Coast kept my recruiting buzz alive in the state, ... By staying in Mississippi, I got publicity and immediate playing time at Gulf Coast and Southern Miss.

I was happy with the play of the team, especially with our defensive play. To give up five goals in four games is a real accomplishment for this team. We have been able to play all four lines most of the time, and I think that has really helped us in the third period wearing teams down.

Midland has always been about hand-shakes -- honoring verbal contracts.

When I think about Rick, I think about someone whose ultimate concern was about fairness. Rick was a person who went through life wearing a white hat. People who did bad things to others was a great concern to Rick,

We needed to shoot more in this game then we did in our last game against Belmont, and the team came through. We have some tough games ahead, but if we keep playing the way we did tonight, we can win these next two games.

We aren't going to announce any of the tenants or anything until we get further down with the city projects and finalize some of the deals we're working on right now. We'll hold it off until the end of the first quarter.

We are grateful for Lou's leadership over the years and for his nearly two decades of groundbreaking reporting and anchoring in the field of business news,

We are joined in this effort by some of the most respected news organizations in the country and are pleased that an organization of the caliber of NORC is producing the database. We are fully aware that this is a difficult and imperfect process and will report the results accordingly.

We really can accommodate people in a more appropriate setting.

To distinguish among those who died diminishes our need to honor life, all life, and to commemorate the sacrifice of all lives in an attack on our nation.

We just do extra patrol of the buildings. We do not go into any of the rooms unless there is a specific problem or a special request.

We just have to wait till the person or persons bring the ticket to our office. That's how we know they won.

We tried to play zone early against Southington and we just realized we're a man-to-man team, and that's what we played in '89.

We had the call from Colorado. Come to find out it was a radio station having fun at the lottery's expense. Then another guy called and said he had the winning ticket and he was going to bring it in and we're still waiting for him.

We're very happy to be 2-0. We haven't been that in the conference for years.

To be honest, it seems like I've been going the long way around anyway. I'll just keep a level head and really go out there trying to win a spot, get on the team and stay focused.

Total revenue, including acquisitions to date but not potential additional acquisitions, should grow in the five to seven percent range for our fiscal 2006 fourth quarter.

Bernie brought credibility. He brought a reputation for journalistic independence. He demonstrated that we were quite serious about providing an authentic news service, one that would be highly respected in the United States and in the profession.

And when she drove by somebody and got in, they had those big long arms looking at her there, too. We knew it was going to happen; nothing we could do about it. They played a good, smart game.

There was a big trigger for me. I was ousted as publisher of the Los Angeles Times in 1989,

It would be impossible to have a merger of this size without some kind of impact (on jobs).

The Yankees buy titles instead of building championships. I wouldn't use this for toilet paper.

The world changes because there has to be new developments. We went from the Stanley Steamer to combustion engines to this.

The simpler the message, the better the memorial will be.

That normally does not happen. Normally, a ticket of this magnitude we recommend people get an attorney.

All around, we had a great team effort this weekend. We showed so much heart throughout the meet and I am so proud of our kids. Our strong finishes are a real testament to our kids' work ethic and their drive to improve.

This is the first of many announcements we hope to make over the next few months.

This change about Rick was not about ratings,

This is a big performance for Brian and great news for Canadian swimming. For him to come under the world championship team cut and post a time that would have put him 10th at the worlds shows he's back. The shoulder feels good and now he'll set his sights to battle for a spot on the Commonwealth Games team.

They're very well qualified to talk about what they're going to talk about.

They have a hand in a lot of the decisions. They own a lot of what we're doing.

They are outstanding ballplayers. But I think we won (the battle) since me and Loren came out on top. It went really good. We played really confident and got the win.

They're constantly getting stolen away. Labor is abundant, but management is scarce.

As much as anything, it's a great basketball job,

It really has enabled me to get back to where I honestly feel like the person I was before it all hit. I just want everyone to know you can deal with it and deal with it successfully. Don't give up hope.

The best. No two words better describe him. He excelled at almost everything he set out to do.

The best. No two words better describe him.

Take time for yourself. Sit back and relax because this is going to be a life changing experience.

It was kind of surprising that nobody from (Southern Miss) got drafted. I don't know who's to blame for that, but it was kind of crazy.

I've got to check on my family. I haven't been able to reach them at all.

On behalf of us at CNN ... from Ted Turner to the entire staff, I want to convey our deepest condolences to Rowland's family and to his many, many friends,

Any attempt to establish a hierarchy of loss is to deny the absolute measure of the tragedy visited so cruelly on every one of them.

Their recommendations will help us determine the appropriate actions to take to ensure that the best and most thoughtful safeguards are adopted by CNN in the future,

In a world of music where success is defined by gold or platinum, our friend Phil Walden was best defined by his heart of gold.

I know that John would be absolutely delighted with having the Kennedy Space Center's press auditorium named after him, given his passion for covering the U.S. space program and his dedication to journalism. I can think of no one else more deserving of this honor.

I met J.B. Fuqua in the early '60s. I was then a young reporter and he was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia,

I had to get (the starters) out. But the other kids held their own. They bent, but they didn't break.

I had no idea. It?s a huge honor.

I needed to escape from stress before stress took me down again,

I just felt that you didn't want a leader who was at times going into his side office, lying on the floor, putting a pillow on his head,

Clearly, maintaining storm water prevention programs is a cost. But the fact is, it could be a whole lot worse.

Hey, Maloney played pretty well. Their defense slowed us down for a while.

I cannot imagine a process that could be more complete, more democratic.

I don't want to suggest to anybody that it will work for them, but it has worked for me,

These are not people who kept diaries or dealt with the legal system.

Along the way I saw the evidence that J.B. was dealing with depression. I was coping with my own depression, ... It was not so difficult to bring it up with J.B., because I knew I was almost with a fellow traveler on this very tough journey.

The Florida presidential election was one of the most important news stories of 2000, and we believe the story is incomplete without a deliberate and thorough examination of all the ballots.

The difficult part is I love Crown Point. It was the first place I ever lived, including where I grew up, where I really felt like I was at home,

The linkages, the accessibility, have to be very good. It has to allow them to get from one location to another.

The linkages, the accessibility, have to be very good, ... It has to allow them to get from one location to another.

My greatest accomplishment is succeeding in life, and I owe that to my family and twenty years in the military. I don't regret leaving the farm and ranch for the Army. Although I may have been a disappointment to my father, I achieved more than he could ever dream of in his short life.

Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other lands, I can describe people and places from actual experience. And for someone with an imagination like me, I could see dinosaurs and lost civilizations in the jungle of Vietnam.

The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers discipline. The life I experienced in the service was an education I could never have obtained as a cowboy.

I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he struggled in life and wanted more than that.

Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to the early mass market magazine writers earning a half cent a word for their fiction. They had to use every adjective, verb and adverb in the English language to add word count to stories in order to feed and support families.

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.

Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.

So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of happiness, a significant decline in self worth.