David Hoffman Quotes (31 Quotes)

I think Brian would be an excellent choice.

He's got a master plan. People might not see it right now, but the guy knows what he's doing. There's absolutely no doubt about that.

Computer graphics programs enabled us to visualize these surfaces, but we couldn't bring them back into the mathematical fold. I think the information about how to solve this problem was lurking in the pictures all the time, but we just had to think about it for a long time and have the theory catch up with the evidence we had.

Media is so ubiquitous in America that we take it for granted. It's like turning on your tap and water comes out. You turn on your radio and you expect to hear music or commentary. But there are large portions of the world where people have no credible in

The civil war began when Azerbaijan shut down the Armenian-language television station. It's the same thing that precipitated the siege of Sarajevo when (former President Slobodan) Milosevic turned around the television transmitters so people didn't have access to news -- not to mention radio's infamous role in fomenting violence in Rwanda. The longer I work on media issues, the clearer it is that the free flow of information is critical to avoiding war.

The mayor has asked only one thing of me -- to take all necessary steps to find wrong doing in city government and to expose it. If this requires big plans, I stand ready to put them in place.

It was the first time Soviets and Americans got to hear uncensored discussions of real-life things about each other on television.

As Doug says, the people are not owned by anyone. When Doug is elected, he will serve the people.

We certainly believe we meet the test (for having authority to sell at market rates), and we'll see where it goes from here.

I don't want to answer any questions today about any investigations. I was honored by the vote of the City Council -- that they confirmed me. I'm looking forward to getting started on Oct. 17,

Sarah Kolb was looking straight ahead, looking frightened and not participating in any way.

Instead of sitting in his office, he wanted to walk, so we would walk outside the court. There would be lots of tourists outside waiting to get into the court, anxious to see the action, and we would walk right by, with them not recognizing him, ... That was very much the way the chief was -- very unassuming, very straightforward about the way he went about his work. He was a very genuine, Midwestern man.

We've gone from 50 to 60 bicycle commuters Downtown in 2002 to several hundred in 2005. We've also gotten lots more requests for information on cycling in the city.

As a former naval captain, having the vice president out is a big honor for Doug.

The vice president coming to Everett will help move the race onto the national stage where it belongs.

To get a group of people like that to take you seriously is a big task. I think Brian would have a much easier time of that than I did.

We shouldn't be getting in the way (of the federal probe), but we shouldn't be narrow-minded about what it means to have an overlapping investigation,

The vice president is going to help move this race onto the national stage.

I hope we get to perform this.

As city attorney, my client is the city of Monticello. The actual conflict of interest would not have arisen until the city determined to pursue action against Mr. Donaldson. Once I disclosed the potential conflict in my memorandum dated Dec. 13, the only other action I took was at the instruction of the City Council to prepare the request for an opinion from the Municipal League. Once I received Mr. Rodgers letter informing me of his disagreement with the way I framed my questions I forwarded his letter to the Municipal League.

I'm disappointed. Quite frankly, I've known Sarah for a year now and it's gotten a little personal. ... She's a human I like and I see her quite differently from the general picture.

It's one of those experiences that cuts across generations, across socio-economic lines. An upper-middle-class kid going to college can sit down with a cop and talk about Cocoa Puffs. There isn't one of us who hasn't tasted Cap'n Crunch or Trix or Lucky Charms or Froot Loops.

I want you to pay close attention to the rumor, innuendo, opinion and what purports to be news as opposed to what people actually know.

Typically, what happens is there will be times when people can go across, but we don't know when those times will be. It's really sort of a safety concern, but we'll try to accommodate people who want to walk across the dam.

Even with a lot of the accounting stuff out, they've still got to make the jury understand the underlying fraud, and that's where I think Sean will shine.

No confession, no prints, no murder weapon and no eyewitnesses. It was purely a case built on motive.

Every time Ray went on stage, he put everything he had into it - didn't matter whether he was sick or tired. Now, whenever I walk on stage, I try to do the same thing.

She was scared and anxious and now she's probably as depressed as hell. That's the way I would be.

I like the fact that it's a small school with very talented people and a lot of smart kids.

The store will take some of the bulk of work from the lunch people because we will sell some snacks as well.

I have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees it means better city services it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a