Alan Miller Quotes (16 Quotes)

We looked at Gov. Bush's appointments to the University of Texas Board of Regents, which is a particularly coveted post. It's valued because the university produces many of the state's leaders, the position is prestigious and high profile -- and it doesn't hurt that it comes with tickets to the 50-yard line of football games, which is no small consideration in football crazy Texas,

Texas is a place where there are no limits on individual or political committee contributions and donations can and do exceed 100,000,

Without giving too much away, the storyline centers around a family that seeks to live out their dreams of becoming circus stars and the journey that takes them there. The story serves as the narrative thread that takes the audience through the show.

Our biggest concern is to give them help and to give them a home. We'll be there as long as needed,

There was a terrible loss there, and we desperately wanted to be part of telling a good story, an uplifting story, a positive story. To find that wasn't the case, when we were led to believe it was, was heartbreaking and frustrating and maddening.

This is a situation none of us have faced before, ... How many people who will stay here is hard to tell at this point.

We asked Karen Hughes, the Governor's spokeswoman about this pattern. She said that it is difficult to find conservative and successful people in Texas who are not contributors to Governor Bush.

Both SAC and ACCD have been very accommodating and willing to listen and address problems, ... Everything is being done to make sure they have the opportunity to complete training.

We don't have clear evidence that what they are pulling out is what they put out on the roadway.

We do this every year as a necessity to get the animals safely to the arena.

It's a fairly quick turnaround time. It's working very smoothly.

It's an example of how people are buying into the administration's line that there is a terrorist behind every bush and that we need to be fearful. Caution, not hysteria, should be the order of the day. Running everybody through a palm reading device seems to be more on the order of hysteria than caution.

Expenses go through the college. As they draw down on us, we draw down from the state.

Step back and review your practices to make sure all your inputs are adding value and paying their way. In particular, you've got to give the high-cost items some attention. Where you get the most savings on a percentage basis may be in finding even a small reduction on a very expensive item, like fertilizer.

one of the more controversial and colorful figures in Texas. His company has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years for violating state environmental laws. And a decade ago, Pilgrim appeared on the floor of the state Senate dispensing 10,000 checks to lawmakers as they debated a workers compensation bill.

The governor's spokeswoman says there is no relationship between the campaign contributions and any of the governor's policies. She says he has core commitments, which he lays out and has laid out and he follows in office, and he is not influenced by the money in any way,