Quotes by Craig Johnson

“[Katrina, however, knocked out a substantial portion of the nations petroleum infrastructure, especially refineries that produce gasoline, when gas supplies were already stretched thin.] The larger worry may not be Katrina itself, ... but if energy prices were to continue their sharp climb.”

“I think this is the most colossal marketing mistake since the geniuses at Coke came up with New Coke,”

“If the city were to diversify, this wouldnt hurt us so bad.”

“What makes us fundamentally different is that we give citizens the tools to become informed, organize themselves and then to take action, ... People can form or join groups, contribute money or time, or dialog with their representatives with just two clicks of their mouse.”

“We cant extrapolate from the retailers performance in the first part of the year how retailers will fare in the second half of the year, ... Will the holiday season be as solid as last year? Im not sure of that yet. It may be a middle-of-the-road performance.”

“Its really become a game of chicken, ... But to mix my metaphors, the consumer has also become trained like Pavlovs dog. He expects the pre-Christmas sales and deeper price cuts through the holidays.”

“These four companies all had good solid strings of success for a while. They even had Wall Street paralyzed by their success.”

“Corporations tend to get involved when things are smooth and money is flowing. Fewer stick with it in tough times,”

“No doubt, Pier 1 has a substantial brand equity, ... My suspicion is that Buffett sees through the current problems and has confidence in whatever new vision and strategy the company is working on that isnt apparent yet to outsiders.”

“Theres nothing fundamentally wrong with the business of selling recreational items. But kids today are moving away from traditional toys and toward electronics at a much younger age. Toys R Us has to adapt to this shift and explore new areas of the business.”

Its only pre-marital sex if you plan on getting married.

It was a two-gallon Styrofoam cooler - one of the cheap ones that you can pick up at any service station in the summer season and then listen to it squeak to the point of homicidal dementia.

A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.

Ive seen men ruined by drink, drugs and dodge pickup trucks, but this is the first time Ive seen someone ruined by softcore porn...

Id say the depths of his stupidity have yet to be plumbed, and yours is comin up fast on the inside turn.

Interesting office management skills, kind of a violence is not the answer so Im going to beat the shit out of you philosophy.

I leaned forward with my elbows on my knees and her book in my hands. Like a lot of things in my life, Id just about worn it out, but it was worn out with love, and thats the best kind of worn-out there is. Maybe were like all those used cars, broken hand tools, articles of old clothing, scratched record albums, and dog-eared books. Maybe there really isnt any such thing as mortality; that life simply wears us out with love.