47 Quotes by John Thomas

I'm always making stuff in ceramic, since I was in eighth grade.

I did it years ago and regretted it. Fifteen minutes later, it was like, 'Oh, man, I just got rid of a hat.' But then, in your mind, you start rationalizing it. It was worth it. You start to think, 'Now what are they going to do with these things?' You hope they give them to kids or to the less fortunate, somebody who can't spend 18 bucks on a cap. You'd like to think it's put to good use.

Going through the district for the second time, we anticipate it will be a lot tougher. I think we caught some teams by surprise. I don't think teams were gunning for us like they will be this time around.

He didn't have a malicious bone in his body. I never knew anybody that harbored any ill feelings toward him. He was always smiling or sleeping.

I think what's happening now is there's an undertow of feeling in town that you guys are not actively trying to hurt us, but you are not doing anything to help us.

People aren't seeing the cause and effect. These days, you see organizational statements and decisions being made by the program offices that are not necessarily consistent with a strong top-level technical design.

Those investigations and those charges generally relate to a perception by the regulators ... that the city of Venice had become a rogue utility. That, in fact, there were a cadre of employees within the utility who had taken it upon themselves to get rid of the reclaimed water anywhere they could.

We don't have any illusions that we are more talented than Langley. We won't beat them without pitching or great defense like last time.

We are looking at about 300 residences. They will be a congregate of housing, townhouses, garden apartments and an assisted-living facility. On the Greenland piece, we are looking at a mixed-use commercial village with retail on the first floors and office space above.