Roy Barnes Quotes

Cities are not problems. They are solutions.

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!

This is the greatest country in the world for people who want to work, but we have to make sure that this is always true..

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on, but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

We have stopped making communities in which people want to live and are making communities where people drive through.

As go our cities so goes our country.

We have ... to convince the people of America's cities that government is on their side.

All it takes is an understanding that humans, not buildings come first when designing a city.

The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from labor to leisure.

There is the freedom from want, despair and psychological insecurity that would come from having income sufficient to provide the necessities of life. But there is also the freedom to choose not to work for a time in order to take care of family members, pursue a passion, acquire education or contribute to a worthwhile community project. There is the freedom to start a new business with an uncertain future, the freedom to say yes to a job that pays little but yields joy and satisfaction — and the freedom to say no to a job that pays too little or is demeaning and unpleasant. Why, they ask, should such freedoms be reserved only for the wealthy?

Life is better when people are working, happy, and spending money.

When people are thriving, the city is thriving.

Good jobs that allow Coloradans to pursue their dreams and provide for their families are vital to a prosperous country and empower each person.

The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.

A city should be built to give its inhabitants security and happiness

Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.

Venture for America operates in communities that could generally use more innovation: Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other U.S. cities. So I'm obviously a big believer in innovation and progress as key drivers of economic growth and prosperity.

People can't work and have the quality of life they deserve if they aren't healthy.

We, as wrestlers, need to remember that this is a business. We started because we love the business, and we stay in it because we have a lot of passion for it, but you have to be rewarded for your work.

Missourians are a hardworking people. They want good, quality jobs.

We are fortunate to live in an attractive, highly desirable and vibrant city. A city that is growing, that draws new residents and visitors from across the world each day and a city with a great sense of pride in all we do and have to offer.

We know that when Main Street does well, so do American families.

Life's too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you're not excited about. And when people are that excited, you can see it in the work.

Rather than just saying, like, 'Your economy is the be all and end all,' I go back to my three roots that I've often said about this being best country for business, the best to raise a family in, and the best to grow old in with a sense of dignity and respect.