John Evans Quotes (13 Quotes)

Our organization is not in support of this. This new excise tax will become one more factor in the housing costs in the San Juan Islands. And the people who will be hurt the most are those people who are trying to get their first house. It raises the bar for everyone.

I thought it was dead. I didn't think there was any chance of saving it.

Taxes, Social Security and health care are a heavy burden on emerging and growing businesses. In calling for reform in all these areas, business owners are saying that they want relief -- a simpler system that will allow them to focus more on the needs of their businesses.

The size of the property and the magnitude of what we're dealing with is amazing. But we're planning a community, not dealing with a plot of land.

The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to get through it.

He probably got too far offshore and got caught in the currents. Free diving is more of a local thing, but we have a lot of mainland people do it. A lot of people exceed their ability and get shallow water blackout.

I will be the first to put my hand up and say it's partly down to management skills and partly the price of milk, but it's also due to the nature of the robotic system.

You can't say there was a single hand that washed this block clean.

Clearly, small and mid-sized business owners are saying that the small, incremental changes that have been made thus far in tax legislation are woefully inadequate to satisfy their needs. They want a creative tax alternative that represents out-of-the-box thinking, something that will produce true change.

The problem is, ... we don't get the luxury of legislating ownership. That would kind of cure this problem that I'm struggling with.

As everyday road cars, they are not the best, ... They are quite high strung and almost demand that you push them. Although they are easy to drive, my most pervasive thought when driving on the road is 'Am I going to jail today'--and you have to really like talking to 20 people when you buy gas.

Keep some short-term fixed income in your taxable account so you have flexibility.

We feel that a good selective boycott on some of these oil companies may provide the tone that will get some action. The fat cats are getting fatter and we know that they are not concerned about the average working person or people in general. They're just concerned about profit making.