Oscar Goodman quote: "I think we're at the crossroads -- whether we want to be the entertainment capital of the world or a great American city. Our economy is good. Things are so wonderful in Las Vegas and it's time to move to the next level."

these punks come along and deface it.
OSCAR GOODMAN

A place like Las Vegas, which is the greatest city in the world, will not allow anyone to be prejudi...
OSCAR GOODMAN

including the run down old, saggy naked broad show at the Tropicanna.
OSCAR GOODMAN

They just need to be able to recover so they can go back and do what the Lord has entrusted them to ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

I also believe in a little bit of corporal punishment going back to the days of yore, where examples...
OSCAR GOODMAN

I'm dead serious, ... Some of these (children) don't learn. You have got to teach them a lesson, and...
OSCAR GOODMAN

There could be no better time or place for this Welcome Home party than in Las Vegas during our 2005...
OSCAR GOODMAN

It's so unfair because the centennial committee wanted to present this very special event available ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

We're all keeping our fingers crossed.
OSCAR GOODMAN

[Mayor Goodman says the development is not a set back.] No set back at all. That's the important thi...
OSCAR GOODMAN

It's just as important as having a major league baseball team or an academic medical center, ... It ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

We determined there were best practices that could be adopted as a result of their presentation,
OSCAR GOODMAN

the one with the relationship with (NBA Commissioner) David Stern.
OSCAR GOODMAN

Came to my own conclusions,
OSCAR GOODMAN

It's not going to happen.
OSCAR GOODMAN

In today's terms this is very affordable, ... It's great that the people living here can walk out of...
OSCAR GOODMAN

You get a couple of bums who take advantage of the situation, and what starts off as a very nice ges...
OSCAR GOODMAN

This city's going to really hum, hopefully sooner than later, ... This is the American dream.
OSCAR GOODMAN

It's the time once again when we're being called upon to express our generosity to our brothers and ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

I would prefer not to discuss that.
OSCAR GOODMAN

Litigation, we have found, is very expensive,
OSCAR GOODMAN

When we were growing up in Philadelphia, she would drop us off at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes, ... Nevada Newsm...
OSCAR GOODMAN

I'm saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb.
OSCAR GOODMAN

These were not simple concepts and the issues were complex. I think it has been a very worthwhile ex...
OSCAR GOODMAN

I want to find out if the monies are going to be co-mingled. I was promised they would not be. That ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

This is the heart and soul of Las Vegas. This is what our future is all about.
OSCAR GOODMAN

If I'm up at three in the morning, there's no other place to go.
OSCAR GOODMAN

Maybe I can get some straw men out here and we can make a buck,
OSCAR GOODMAN

He expressed his love and interest in Las Vegas,
OSCAR GOODMAN

There's not enough time to fulfill the NBA requirement, ... And I wouldn't ask them (the sports book...
OSCAR GOODMAN

just an exhibition. They (the sports books) don't make any money off that.
OSCAR GOODMAN

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about, ... We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant.
OSCAR GOODMAN

We're going to have our parades, we're going to have our symphonies, our concerts and everyone's goi...
OSCAR GOODMAN

The people love the people that I've represented as far as bringing intrigue into the area here.
OSCAR GOODMAN

I'd take one Betty over 100 showgirls any day.
OSCAR GOODMAN

We are trying to educate people how important it is not to use your car all the time. There's differ...
OSCAR GOODMAN

(It's) brutal. Who did we kill?
OSCAR GOODMAN

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life ...
ELLEN GOODMAN

The strike is the first by Iberia's pilot's since it was privatized and the company says the present...
AL GOODMAN

There were few people lining up at Iberia check-in counters Tuesday morning, where they would normal...
AL GOODMAN

Even if this spill doesn't get any worse, the damage from it -- and that's of course not sure -- a l...
AL GOODMAN

The perfect computer has been developed. You just feed in your problems and they never come out agai...
AL GOODMAN

It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only y...
PAUL GOODMAN

I am good in bed - I don't snore. I don't take the duvet. I just lay there and go straight o...
LEN GOODMAN

Humor is a universal lanuage.
JOEL GOODMAN

One of the benefits of creating a great work environment is its effect on retaining highly valued wo...
ADAM GOODMAN

It wasn't too hard. Any time you're paying attention to what you're putting in your mouth, you're go...
ADAM GOODMAN

There's a misconception about which foods are bad for you, but really it depends on what your object...
ADAM GOODMAN

The Island' was a gigantic disappointment.
ADAM GOODMAN

The economics are evolving in the movie business. Everybody has to recognize that.
ADAM GOODMAN

People are choosing performance over partisanship.
ADAM GOODMAN

I don't care how the Republicans spin it, ... it's not good.
ADAM GOODMAN

We feel very good that the poll continues to show Nelson well under 50 percent,
ADAM GOODMAN

We grow up with certain icons and certain entertainment ... and being able to share it with someone ...
ADAM GOODMAN

The campaign is all about taking the Katherine Harris story to over 90 percent of the Florida public...
ADAM GOODMAN

At first she felt overwhelmed by the house, its airy symmetry its silence. Now she was accustomed to...
ALLEGRA GOODMAN

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with eac...
ELLEN GOODMAN

It rarely adds anything to say, In my opinion --not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your ...
PAUL GOODMAN

Few great men could pass personal.
PAUL GOODMAN

For mankind, speech with a capital S is especially meaningful and committing, more than the content ...
PAUL GOODMAN

When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one beco...
PAUL GOODMAN

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to ...
ELLEN GOODMAN

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off ...
PAUL GOODMAN

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or...
PAUL GOODMAN

What do I want to take home from my summer vacation? Time. The wonderful luxury of being at r...
ELLEN GOODMAN

There
ELLEN GOODMAN

I keep reading between the lies.
GOODMAN ACE

The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your own body and get interested in someone else s...
GOODMAN ACE

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empi...
LINDA GOODMAN

Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the su...
PAUL GOODMAN

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.
ELLEN GOODMAN

Her parthenogenetic birth from Adam's body makes Eve his daughter so that the Judeo-Christian tradit...
NAOMI GOODMAN

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.
ELLEN GOODMAN

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that yo...
ELLEN GOODMAN

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when h...
JOHN GOODMAN

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
PAUL GOODMAN

A people must have dignity and identity.
ANDREW GOODMAN

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shou...
LEN GOODMAN

When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four m...
ELLEN GOODMAN

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected ...
ELLEN GOODMAN

To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you fe...
BENNY GOODMAN

Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as fail...
BENNY GOODMAN

Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.
BENNY GOODMAN

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The ob...
BENNY GOODMAN

I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How...
BENNY GOODMAN

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my lif...
BENNY GOODMAN

After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go ...
BENNY GOODMAN

If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.
BENNY GOODMAN

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn't very m...
BENNY GOODMAN

Whoever moves into a community has a vested interest in it.
ANDREW GOODMAN

The source and cause of this need for reaction can be attributed to white contempt and neglect. The ...
ANDREW GOODMAN

The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Mus...
ANDREW GOODMAN

It is true that the white man (and by this I mean Christian civilization in general) has proved hims...
ANDREW GOODMAN

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a li...
BENNY GOODMAN

We continued to improve each week. We have had a lot of great individual performances recently and I...
ANGELA GOODMAN

Each week has been one step in preparation for Big Ten Championships, and this is our opportunity to...
ANGELA GOODMAN

This weekend we'll bring the full team, and I expect everyone to be competitive. The meet features a...
ANGELA GOODMAN

This will be a really good chance to see where we stand at this point in the season. All of the stat...
ANGELA GOODMAN

We had a good opener last week, and this weekend will be a continuation of that. I think the girls a...
ANGELA GOODMAN

This is an important meet for us. We are sending a full team, and it's the last competition before t...
ANGELA GOODMAN

Voices of Our Time.
AMY GOODMAN

I really do think that if for one week in the U.S. we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limb...
AMY GOODMAN

The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them...
AMY GOODMAN

I loved what she said about Cindy Sheehan. ... I think it's important that she exposed the oil compa...
AMY GOODMAN

[The president has been on vacation] almost a year now, ... but Sheehan says she can never enjoy ano...
AMY GOODMAN

Beware of mothers who have nothing left to lose.
AMY GOODMAN

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing a...
AMY GOODMAN

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.
AMY GOODMAN

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to ...
AMY GOODMAN

Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists...
AMY GOODMAN

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboa...
ELLEN GOODMAN

There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life ...
ELLEN GOODMAN

I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but ...
ALISON GOODMAN

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.
ELLEN GOODMAN

TV is the best babysitter.
JOHN GOODMAN

The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.
ANDREW GOODMAN

Politics makes estranged bedfellows.
GOODMAN ACE

There was a saying that the strength of a man’s steel was only known under the hammer of circumsta...
ALISON GOODMAN

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change t...
ELLEN GOODMAN

On the dance floor, as much as you say, 'Ladies, you are the car. He is the driver. You can only...
LEN GOODMAN

This is just the first step of the second season.
BRIAN GOODMAN

It was a big win for us over a county rival. We were hitting the ball much better today.
BRIAN GOODMAN

Over the last 10 years, there has been more awareness that ADHD is a lifelong disorder.
BRIAN GOODMAN

It was a good win for us. Anthony pitched well for us to start the game and our bats were good. When...
BRIAN GOODMAN

We came ready to play because we wanted to finally get a chance to play someone other than ourselves...
BRIAN GOODMAN

We expected to hit the ball well but we were better on the long ball tonight.
BRIAN GOODMAN

When you hit that many long balls, you'll likely win a lot of your games. We need to cut down on our...
BRIAN GOODMAN

Jesus brings light into darkness and life into a world that is filled with death and destruction.
BRIAN GOODMAN

It takes time to build. We want to take the time to build what we're doing right.
BRIAN GOODMAN

While (Hurricane Katrina) is more devastating that 9/11 and (brought) far wider destruction and disl...
BRIAN GOODMAN

It should be crystal clear skies.
BILL GOODMAN

In reality, it reflects an attempt by the Bush administration to exercise unchecked power without th...
BILL GOODMAN

The judge adhered to the basic democratic principles built into the Freedom of Information Act, ... ...
BILL GOODMAN

Normally that's not a big deal. But all the trees still have leaves on them and the soil is very sat...
BILL GOODMAN

There was flooding in some various streams, but just toward the western half of the state. I don't s...
BILL GOODMAN

This is information that should have been released a long time ago, and it's a scandal that it hasn'...
BILL GOODMAN

We had a cold front blast through this afternoon, bringing some gusty winds - 50 mph at LaGuardia Ai...
BILL GOODMAN

The more they practiced, the more consistent they got. My two seniors have really stepped up.
BILL GOODMAN

No one up the chain of command has ever been held accountable for what is in these horrifying images...
BILL GOODMAN

There are still vast numbers of documents that are concealed and hidden and declared to be secret an...
BILL GOODMAN

There's an opportunity in mobile communications and wireless to create radios that can run at very h...
BOB GOODMAN

This is a normal, cyclical slowdown in growth, engineered by the Fed. That's what the Fed told us th...
BOB GOODMAN

This is a normal, cyclical slowdown in growth, engineered by the Fed, ... That's what the Fed told u...
BOB GOODMAN

Assuming theres insurance, there would be no reason not to carry on, ... This just pushes us back on...
BOB GOODMAN

Things were terrible then and, comparatively, were really having great times right now, ... The poin...
BOB GOODMAN

I think it's admirable,
BOB GOODMAN

Most of the speakers are good, some are excellent. Usually people get a chance to talk one-on-one wi...
BOB GOODMAN

There is no doubt that if you are a bass fisherman, you will learn a few tricks,
BOB GOODMAN

I think were seeing buyers sitting back and looking to see what happens over the next several months...
BOB GOODMAN

He definitely brings people out to see him.
BRAD GOODMAN

Coach has been talking about heart all week. We've been doing a lot of rebounding drills. We haven't...
BRAD GOODMAN

Yes it was. We needed it. We need one (today), too.
BRAD GOODMAN

We have the potential to beat anyone in the state, but we've got to play our game. We've got to brin...
BRAD GOODMAN

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my bes...
LEN GOODMAN

Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating.
GOODMAN ACE

I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one.
GOODMAN ACE

I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you cant recall it, forg...
GOODMAN ACE

Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating
GOODMAN ACE

I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚...
GOODMAN ACE

TV - a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medi...
GOODMAN ACE

The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in someone else's
GOODMAN ACE

I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one
GOODMAN ACE

Humor prevents a "hardening of the attitudes."
JOEL GOODMAN

Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths diff...
NELSON GOODMAN

Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a drought com...
JOHN GOODMAN

It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only y...
PAUL GOODMAN

Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the s...
PAUL GOODMAN

Giddy with each other and the wine, they strolled outside through the Presidio, the old fort now hou...
ALLEGRA GOODMAN

The idea of all-out nuclear war is unsettling.
WALTER GOODMAN

You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you cant teach someone who writes columns to...
ELLEN GOODMAN

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry or because they remain intrigued with each...
ELLEN GOODMAN

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are thos...
ELLEN GOODMAN

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that...
ELLEN GOODMAN

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.
ELLEN GOODMAN

All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with yo...
ELLEN GOODMAN

The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you ...
PAUL GOODMAN

Few great men could pass Personnel.
PAUL GOODMAN

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
ROY GOODMAN

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are thos...
ELLEN GOODMAN

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are th...
ELLEN GOODMAN

"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived ov...
PAUL GOODMAN

In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect.
PAUL GOODMAN

It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have se...
PAUL GOODMAN

It rarely adds anything to say, ''In my opinion'' -not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only yo...
PAUL GOODMAN

When the Devil quotes Scriptures, it's not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ig...
PAUL GOODMAN

What we're saying to people is 'Look, we'll wipe that (Internet access) cost out for you, but make y...
PAUL GOODMAN

Desperate families have been waiting for government action on the CSA since its last chief executive...
PAUL GOODMAN

I am willing to completely challenge and face the legal threat.
PAUL GOODMAN

I am often involved in individual housing cases when constituents ask for my help. This chance to vi...
PAUL GOODMAN

This is one of the most difficult retail businesses to be successful at because with most businesses...
PAUL GOODMAN

You'll have to rent a shop, open a retail display area, buy the refrigerators and equipment and subs...
PAUL GOODMAN

They can do that because there are additional revenue streams available beyond the hardware. That ch...
MICHAEL GOODMAN

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cr...
ELLEN GOODMAN

Those inevitable dreams where you can't get your column in, you know, and at first they were the...
ELLEN GOODMAN

Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman g...
LEN GOODMAN

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.
JOHN GOODMAN

I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.
LEN GOODMAN

I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How...
BENNY GOODMAN

He uses anecdotes for the same reason other people climb mountains - they are there.
WALTER GOODMAN

I think we're at the crossroads -- whether we want to be the entertainment capital of the world or a great American city. Our economy is good. Things are so wonderful in Las Vegas and it's time to move to the next level.

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I think we're at the crossroads -- whether we want to be the entertainment capital of the world or a great American city. Our economy is good. Things are so wonderful in Las Vegas and it's time to move to the next level.

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