Jim Johnston Quotes (11 Quotes)

And if seeing the devastation wasn't bad enough, Johnston continued to worry about a friend whom he couldn't reach. My friend lived closer to the water. Last I heard from him, he said he'd made a mistake staying the water was rising and it was too late to leave, ... A woman I know went down to see the area, and it's devastated. I haven't heard from Dave since.

They have to have a plan, ... but there's no penalty if the plan fails.

Staying in someone's home is a wonderful way to experience a different city. It's like stepping into someone else's life. Some people are funny about sleeping in a stranger's bed or having a stranger sleep in theirs, but I'm not against wearing someone else's shirt if he's my size. Several of the people we've exchanged with have become friends.

Johnston's neighbors decided to weather the storm because they believed it would be similar to what they'd experienced in 1969 with Hurricane Camille. Camille had strong winds of 200 mph, but it was much smaller, ... People who lived through both told me this one was much worse. This hurricane moved slow and devastated everything.

We can't build an 8,000-seat basketball arena in Mitchell to be used once or twice every year. But we as a committee believe that we can build a multipurpose event center that can be turned into an 8,000-seat basketball arena.

This is really easy for the coaches, we love this. We can run all of the kids in every event and simply see who has the best times.

She used to brag to me that she had beachfront property. Now her property's in the Gulf,

It's a negotiating tactic to get what they really want -- representing reality TV writers. The FCC threat seems to have little if anything to do with their real goals and seems to be a repositioning in order to get some traction on an issue they haven't made any significant headway with so far.

He's blossomed into a great athlete in the last couple of years. He's one of the top jumpers in the state.

She needs furniture, clothing, everything, and it's just not available down there. St. Vincent de Paul is helping with clothes, but she needs everything. She's been staying in her car.

Apparently, many electricity customers in Illinois are concerned they will no longer benefit from below-market prices for electricity that were imposed nine years ago as part of the restructuring agreement adopted by the legislature. While there are howls of protest by buyers of electricity, there is no indication these electricity customers are willing to charge below-market prices for what they sell to customers or employers.