44 Quotes by John Barrett

Communities are figuring out that they can take these old buildings and think outside the box and find good reuse for them,

Did I know what they were? ... I didn't have a clue. But I knew that there was something on the horizon. I knew something was there.

Oh God! The butt of jokes that I received from my fellow mayors throughout the state of Massachusetts. One of them said, 'You don't even know how to spell the word contemporary, never mind know what it is,'

No prosecutor would accept that from an ordinary witness. You'd get a subpoena the next day and ask specific, pointed questions until you got answers, or you'd indict the guy.

They know that there are different people in town and the comment that I get now is, 'I was down at the coffee shop the other day and I didn't recognize one person in there,'

You don't want to err on the side of jeopardizing the advising process that allows the president to do his job.

They're going to make a big play for the living room.

It's a fair compensation package, ... It called for very little language change, and the Fire Department was very cooperative. Union members handled themselves in a professional manner, and I hope this is a show of good things to come.

The No. 1 mistake people make is not claiming the correct amount of estimated tax payments.