14 Quotes by Barton Smith

Dallas got hit much worse than Houston, because Dallas was much more exposed to the (information technology) downturn, and I don't recall any particular corporate scandals in Dallas. The scandal for Dallas was the high-tech bubble.

The notion that income inequality has gotten worse in the United States in the last 20 years ? I believe that. The idea that it is worse in Texas than in other places ? I don't know that I believe that.

After that, as energy growth slows, it will all depend on the health of the national economy and that, in turn, will largely depend upon the fate of the housing market.

The Houston economy has not been booming. It's been growing, but gradually.

A huge section of the U.S. economy is down. It's as complicated as the rescue efforts in New Orleans; it's all these different pieces. You have to get electricity restored, find out where your employees are; it's almost a mind-boggling exercise.