John Gillis Quotes (10 Quotes)

She was out there a good three days, collecting door-to-door, ... There were a number of people who called in and turned her in. So I guess people were being quite vigilant. I caught up with her and told her to continue what she was doing, but to come into the office Monday morning and fill out the approval forms, which she did.

So far we've had 40 families, give or take a few, ... They're going to relatives and friends all over eight different counties. We don't have the FEMA credit card to give them so what we have to do is write a check.

I have not heard of a single thing, ... Nobody's actually surfaced yet doing something underhanded. A lot of people are more leery of where money goes after they donate.

Anybody who needs to do this, who feels they need to help by raising money, must come into my office and sign a specific form and carry it around with them, ... It is a document which says they have my authority as executive director of the Red Cross to do what they have to do in the way of fundraising.

they are coming with just the clothes on their back.

You certainly see that a lot of places like to attract those great teams and great players, with the opportunity to match them up.

This partnership will provide our teams a great opportunity to work closely with some of the world's best engineering talent.

I've been working with the record book for 14 years, and I can't recall this ever happening.

Initially, when this thing first hit, and everyone suddenly realized what kind of tragedy was down there, people were calling me like helter skelter, ... asking, 'Can we do this Can we do that' And, we were saying, 'Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.' Then, we took more control over it.

When she delivered the money back to me, I looked at her like she should be in the hospital, ... She looked exhausted, sunburned, her hair was tussled and she had been hauling those kids around with her. But, altogether, she raised 500. She said it was just something she had to do.