32 Quotes by Henry Cisneros

It's like our moment has arrived. San Antonio seems to have hit the big leagues.

The truth of the matter is, whatever the possibilities between New Orleans and San Antonio, that may have been once upon a time, but that's all pre-Katrina. With the effect the Saints can have on the people of New Orleans and Louisiana, I think they will make every effort to keep them there.

I regret the pain that this matter has caused my wife and my children and my parents and my family. They are wonderful good loving people. I care deeply about my community and I love our country, which I have tried to serve in a number of different capacities. I came to Washington to try to do good and I am proud of the good that we were able to do.

You could argue that an N.F.L. team is less important now. But I'd like to think it would still be an asset, that it's still a positive for an up-and-coming city.

The idea is to boost the home-ownership rate, ... Rates for ... newlyweds are (currently) low. We're looking for ways to increase (that).

The idea of helping revitalize cities with physical projects and them taking the form of housing really gives me the kind of fulfillment that I seek in my work,

Like piles of dry wood with red-hot coals underneath.

Place-based initiatives can provide a useful framework to judge our progress in raising people out of poverty. They allow us to see whether or not a neighborhood is improving and its residents are living better.

There are some benefits [that illegal aliens] clearly ought not have...[including] health benefits and welfare benefits and others that serve as a magnet attracting people here from other countries.