Quotes Database

«My entire family is in Mississippi. My dad has managed to call me twice, just long enough to tell me that they have lost everything - absolutely everything. One of my brothers called me and said, 'We are barely surviving - can you help?' I had been watching the destruction on television in disbelief, and that phone call was enough for me. I cannot sit idly by while these people, especially my loved ones, have nothing. I felt guilty that night taking a shower...these people don't even have a place to rest their head.»

«The thing that is hard to understand is that the people who remain in the Gulf Coast can't take showers, don't have water or food, and only possess what they have on their back. My dad said that they barely got out alive. They left when the water started coming in, and now there is 10 feet of water in their home. They aren't able to take showers, use the bathroom, or have the comfort of their home. They just have each other, and the trust that we are coming with help.»

«I think just about everyone in the area closed, and I don't blame them. You never know. You get the kids out here, and then you have to get them home.»

«We call it the Michigan Speedway. I tell my customers to not even try making a left turn leaving the store and, once they get on the road, to stay in the slow lane and let everyone go around you.»

«In some places along this area the trash is 60 feet deep and keeps bubbling up from the ground. We can clean up an area that desperately needed it and allow that area to develop into something that we can all be proud of.»

«Many people are surprised when you talk about slavery's existence in New York. They're surprised because it's taught as something that happened in the South.»