Fred Harris Quotes

"They are a wonderful amenity for residents. That's the key."
-Fred Harris

"He was a little slow yesterday. In another day or two, when he finds his sea legs, he's going to find walking to be a more pleasant experience than he has in the last 10 to 15 years."
-Fred Harris

"We found that absolutely was not true."
-Fred Harris

"I think its a tragedy because its hard to find a school that's going to help teen moms."
-Fred Harris

"There's a really close parallel to France. High unemployment, low family income, inferior education and training, inadequate housing, a great deal of hostility toward the police - we found that the level of hostility in the black sections of these cities was high enough that almost any random spark would set them off."
-Fred Harris

"The feeling is that a line that is modeled will rent more quickly than one that is not."
-Fred Harris

"NASSCO has hired and trained hundreds of employees to build this class of ships, and this award will provide sustained employment for approximately 1,000 skilled NASSCO employees through 2009."
-Fred Harris

"A lot of parents are extremely thankful we're trying to fill a void they'd had in the past. We've been looking for a long time to fill in the gap between regular ed and special ed students, which wound up being our biggest percentage of dropouts."
-Fred Harris

"I don't have the luxury of the firsthand historical knowledge that you have. You'll probably find the same thing with the board."
-Fred Harris

"Once Doc got an idea in her head that she was going to do something, you didn't stop her. She had the ability or insight to look at something in the raw and in her mind, she could see the completed project. When she saw this building, she knew this was the one and she was right."
-Fred Harris

"The principals here are all very experienced; the teachers are very experienced. They're looking out for our kids all the time, and they've got strong radar."
-Fred Harris

"The man is a visionary, ... History."
-Fred Harris

"Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me."
-Fred Harris

"I think we have an obligation to continue to serve that population."
-Fred Harris