Quotes about rochester (14 Quotes)





    I was reading the poems of Rochester. Rochester made himself out to be bisexual, but I think that was only to shock. Most of his poetry is sexual, even pornographic.

    Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes.


    At Rochester, I came with the same emotions as many of the entering freshman: everything was new, exciting and a bit overwhelming, but at least nobody had heard of my brothers and cousins.

    He was so far ahead of his time as far as basketball was concerned, ... We pressed and played different zones and did things that weren't commonplace back then. And, as a result, we were able to compete with the big schools in the Rochester area.

    Some places you gotta go and you go and you have to ask, where's the love You know, I feel it here in Rochester, you know. I fought here several times. I've made several friends here in Rochester. I come here, whether it's business sometimes I come for pleasure. Different friends of mine have things I come here for. So I definitely feel right at home.



    Manny Rivera represents high-quality leadership in our nation's public schools. Since his return to Rochester, Manny has focused on raising achievement standards ... Despite pervasive poverty Rochester ranks 11th in the nation in child poverty the district has achieved dramatic improvements in the number of students passing the statewide exams in the past three years.


    There are some cities that I did take time out to study, 'cause I love history and one of them was Boston, and of course Rome and all of those places like that. But, in Syracuse or Rochester, or any of those places, no.

    I've had positive discussions with (local boxing promoter) Ron Resnick regarding the use of his impressive ring facilities and with sponsors interested in supporting a training camp in Rochester. City and county officials seem excited about the idea. It's looking good at this point.



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