“Feeling great. Feeling good. Well, I hope they remember the songs. We'll do a bunch of 'em, try to get them out of the way, and then we'll work on the tourists after that.”

“We've never done a study, but we think the number of people coming downtown will impact the downtown economy. We hope they will see a restaurant or retail shop they like and come back.”

“At the time of the press release, there were 20 vacant positions and 14 early retirements [in place]. That's how we arrived at the 30 positions. We are hoping to bring that number down.”

“We continue to have ongoing dialogue with both representatives. We're always hopeful of reaching an agreement and not reaching a hearing. At the same time, in some cases, it's a necessary part of the process.”

“I find hope for the future because there are 100 of your fellow students 'dead' on the Rock today, in the rain, so that you will notice, so that you will listen, and so that you will care.”

“Right now, we're 2-0 and we don't know anything about the rest. This really is like a new season, and we're hoping we can finish it 6-0.”

“I just hope and pray that this thing works out. You've got to have a consistent tax system so it wouldn't be a burden on people trying to figure things out of state.”

“But we'd hope to get going earlier; we needed this six months in advance. If that had happened, the pledges would be in hand and we would not be embarrassing ourselves to the Heritage Inn and others.”

“The message is to reassure consumers that eating cooked chicken is perfectly safe. As our investors would hope, we are being proactive in preparing the materials in the event that we need to use them.”

“I hope we can continue to bring the nationals to Terre Haute. [The NCAA does] like that [permanent sites], but maybe they take it somewhere else for a while and then bring it back here.”