14 Quotes by Barton Smith

The professional, the high-skilled person is going to find it easiest to be able to find work in Houston.

I think it's almost guaranteed that those who stay will be those with the least economic opportunity the people who don't have anyplace else to go.

I think businesses are going to open up jobs they may not have otherwise done.

Whoever it was, they made some very quick, good, obvious decisions, generous decisions.

The problem is coordinating it so we don't all work at home on Fridays.

But the more interesting question is not how many are going to stay here, but who's going to stay.

Disasters like this have tended to rebound the economy simply because of the massive recovery efforts. It's going to involve an enormous amount of expenditure.

This is a different Houston economy than it was 25 years ago.

It's not in our interests to grow too fast.