220 Quotes by Michael Brown

I was glad that we could do something to help.

I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever.

The federal government did not even know about the convention center people until today.... Now is not the time to be blaming.

Maybe I should have screamed 12 hours earlier.

I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims, ... This story's not about me. This story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that stretched every government to its limit and now we have to help these victims.

I hope to give them some publicity about the plight they're facing right now. They're in difficult straits right now.

Man, 54 years old, and I've never had a whipping like this in my life.

I'm sure it caused some delay. I think the public needs to know there was some confusion, that we had reports earlier in the day of a breach.

I'm hoping they get serious about evacuating New Orleans,