Quotes by Mark Thomas

“One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers.”

“Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last years idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, Lets not wait for an actual crime to occur. Lets get the innocent.”

“[The business partners who own Cafeteria are all gay and lesbian. In addition a significant percentage of the restaurants staff is gay, they donate regularly to gay charities, and South Beach is, after all, one of the most gay-friendly communities in America -- or at least it used to be.] Im horrified, ... Were all gay! You can say a lot of things about Cafeteria in Miami. I know weve had awful service at times and were very aware. Its been a huge challenge to keep quality people. But not homophobia.”

“We just have a heart for the people,”

“When God puts things on your heart, you dont ask questions. You just go to work.”

“We have no other choice. Its bad for emissions, its bad for safety. But it is what it is.”

“This meeting will measure how far we have come and to share practices about what works,”

“In this region we have major problems, especially Cambodia, Thailand, but progress is being made.”

“Given his experience with mergers there is a lot of speculation that he will go in there and do a big deal, ... but were a bit skeptical of that.”

“The biggest issue in India obviously remains the regulatory environment, which makes the near-term investment in India likely to be significantly less than the investment which we see in China.”