Bill White Quotes (61 Quotes)

There will not be enough government vehicles to go and evacuate everybody in every area, ... We need neighbor caring for neighbor.

T.M.O. has been a great source of grass-roots wisdom on a variety of issues, ... It was natural to look to them to be part of overall community efforts.

I'm disappointed that we were not given the complete tape because it may have corroborated what we've said all along. The other guy had a gun and acted in self defense.

If the hurricane comes in at a certain angle, ... being on the highway is a death trap.

Good countries, like good people, keep their word, and I'm sure FEMA will.

There is no evidence we pose a danger. The evidence is that this other side is a danger.

The Legislature has a responsibility to act in a practical and responsible way that is separate from the public's reaction. There are a number of different types of sex offenders.

There is no good place to put a shelter that could take a direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane. I don't want anybody out there watching this and thinking that somebody is bound to open a local school for me on Friday, not with a hurricane packing these kinds of winds.

We want Houstonians to know we're prepared to receive money now, ... I have checks in my pocket and checks in my hand. The time when they can begin sending donations is now.

I start by articulating the policy and goal that the brightest, the most qualified and experienced should make the decision, ... Nobody successfully argues against that.

We had dozens of church members asking how they could help, and be part of the solution. I am so gratified, even as my heart breaks over all the misery.

We are asking all residents in the Houston area and the greater Houston area that are in the storm surge area for a hurricane of this force and above to begin making their evacuation plans,

You can't predict the weather. Hurricanes can move in any direction. If you evacuate two or three times and it saves your life only once, that once is enough.

Now is not a time for warnings it is a time for evacuation,

We need citizens who may need assistance in evacuating to reach out to friends, family, relatives, neighbors. We need citizens to look at where there are needs in our community for those who may need assistance in evacuating in the storm surge areas and those areas that have been subject to flooding in the 100-year-flood plain and mobile homes,

It was kind of watered down. We perceived him as being racist. I rooted for Kentucky while I was in college, but I'm a black person. I'd imagine every black person in America was rooting for Texas Western.

I think there's a general awareness that's caused a spike in our tire business, ... Right now we're seeing a bit of a fall off in the Firestone passenger tire business, but that's the only line we carry, and frankly, it's not as dramatic a falloff as I would have expected.

He wanted to know where he stood in this relationship. That's the only reason he went over there, ... He will tell you he had no intent to kill anyone.

coming into our community at a pace of 30 an hour.

I am the oldest on this team. It doesn't bother me. A lot of them are young guys, first year. I am just trying to help them with the life after A ball.

It seems to me he should have been doing it the last three years. Now is a little late to start checking on his evidence.

We are letting the people of Michigan know that we are here, we are organized and we are demanding some changes in the way things are done. The current system of a liberal, multiracial society is failing.

Socially isolating them is the worst thing you could do. Our belief is that children belong in neighborhood schools. Children belong with their friends.

We knew that the country had to do the right thing, and the right thing had to be apartments for people when they couldn't go home. People, while they're here, need to get on with their lives.

I'm sure they'll change that today.

government vehicles to go and evacuate everybody in the area.

I doubt whether the government can or should tell people or mandate how many vehicles can get out, ... but we do need to educate people and ask that they be considerate to their neighbors.

We need the citizens, who are the first line of defense and neighbor caring for neighbor in this community, to do your job and to go out and to actively look for those who may need assistance,

I think from the beginning it was clear what the judge intended.

The best thing for Tom Delay would be if Ronnie Earle tries the case himself.

I want a performance-oriented government that produces results, ... That's contrary to a government based on sound bites and images.

We have a very firm policy that we do not discuss numbers,

Despite the investigative costs we have agreed to pay, Sears disagrees with the allegations being made against the company,

Like a dead skunk in the middle of the road, it stinks to high heaven,

It was just totally unacceptable that there was not adequate fuel supplies stashed around the state, ... That's a part of the state plan that's going to need improvement.

Use your common sense, ... If you're in a structure that you don't think can withstand wind damage and I can tell you if it's a mobile home, it won't please make your plans and leave.

Do not come back until word is given by local authorities, ... This is not the time to return unless you have an essential job. You are endangering others if you do that.

They want to blame us for disagreeing with them, ... It's a typical ploy. ... The police were the ones who turned this into a mistake. They thought they would embarrass us.

We are all reaching new grounds. I don't want to spend a penny of taxpayer dollars that is unreimbused to the city of Houston. But I see needs out there when I get out and about in the community,

Those people at risk should not get on the highways to evacuate. People should prepare to shelter in place if they have not evacuated.

Today, I have talked with the senior FEMA official in the United States and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. They have committed to review both deadlines for hotel reimbursement based on the hotel population and for acquiring needed apartments based on the supply and demand for apartments in Houston,

We believe that local people ought to make local decisions, and today, we've decided to open the roof in Houston, Texas,

As mayor, I avoid commenting on state and federal laws and policies I do not influence, ... I intend to vote 'no' on the proposed state constitutional amendment to protest its use as a wedge issue.

Chip Carter admits that he's guilty of these crimes, ... Mr. Carter killed Liz Reed, her daughter, Courtney, and Glenn Pafford. ... You don't have to figure out who did it.

When you have somebody that is very active and wants to be a public contact point in recruiting, the leadership allows him to set up a formal unit, ... A member in Elizabeth City wants to take on that responsibility in northeast North Carolina.

Nobody came up with a plan for having this many refugees in our county. We are being asked to meet needs that nobody envisioned even a few days ago.

I have confidence in our people (lab researchers) that they will control those organisms and maintain a safe environment.

We feel they are trying to intimidate and insult people who are going to our demonstration. We don't feel government should be allowed to do that.

The idea of a long-term refugee camp is unacceptable (for the evacuees and Harris County residents),

There's no security concern from our organization or our supporters. We are law-abiding, peaceful, and non-violent people.