225 Quotes by M. Thompson

This is tremendous improvement on an already good record.

I thought she was going to make a four- point difference. Turned out, it was five.

This is to 'Star Search' what modern quantum physics is to Newtonian notions of physics. It's so brilliantly put together. For one thing, it's two different shows. There's the show before they pick the final 12, which is essentially a delicious reality show with lots of mocking of people, laughing at the people who are really bad and all that kind of stuff. And then it transforms after the final 12 into a really good, old-fashioned, family-friendly talent show.

I think what NBC has figured out is what the model of doing big events is going to be.

There's a whole kind of hip element to it -- now I need this. Right smack in the middle of the 21st century, sophistication is marrying itself to a very old-fashioned notion of a table where you play games, long before television, video games and home computers. The deck of cards now has become cool again.

It goes from the very top all the way down when you're trying to restore things, and the football coach isn't at the very top. I've been to a lot of Memorial's workouts and their games the past couple of years, and I thought (former coach) Dean Colbert did a good job while coping with an overwhelming task.

Absolutely not. We are committed to being in this business. We feel fortunate to be in this business. It's beneficial to us.

It has always been fairly easy to do comparison shopping on the Web,

Accidents happen at night. They come around the curve and flip it, and they wind up in my driveway or across the street.