Bob Thompson Quotations

One of the things the board has to do is be nimble. They have to be able to turn on a dime. Being able to be nimble and responsive is going to be one of the primary characteristics of the board.

Plus, the response from Sept. 11 was a lot different. You had (government officials) out there with a sense of control and authority, despite what we saw in 'Fahrenheit 9-11.' Here, the complete lack of authority immediately becomes the type of stuff that comedians are great at doing.

Here's this guy with a self-consciously bad haircut, but he's worth more than the GNP of many nations, ... With his success, it's become clear that geeks will inherit the earth.

I watch a lot of sports, and so far that's been what's driven the big-screen phenomenon. It's a status symbol; a lot of people get a lot of pleasure being able to show off this enormous piece of hardware.

Part of our stated mission is that the Tyler Museum of Art exists as an educational and cultural center to enrich the lives of East Texas citizens. In addition to hosting tours for thousands of students each year, and working with area teachers to enrich their curricula, we host this exhibition to encourage and promote young talent.

I think with the population of Cottage Grove getting so large, there's got to be a school out here. It'll be just better for the kids.

It is a crisis of lost churches, lost funds and lost unity brought on by the actions of our national leadership.

I think we've certainly seen a return to some more comedic spots. For a few years after 9/11, that seemed kind of toned down, but there certainly seems to be a lot of comedy in the spots tonight.

We'll probably find more deaths. I don't think we've seen the end of it.

You can decry this as a crime against literature or accept it as the way of the world, but the fact remains: Selling books is about more than just talent and luck. It's about marketing.

We don't have a choice. That's the way it is.

We tried Baskin-Robbins years ago, and then their scoops got smaller and their prices went up. This is closer than Ben & Jerry's. We gave up Ben & Jerry's.

We're not just seeing hurricane coverage. We're seeing a screen test.

We thought it probably would be a glance for us, but as it turned out it was even lighter. It stayed offshore, to our benefit.

The whole point of those (segments) is to leave a heap of carnage. That is a game that is really hard to win, even when you're one of the good guys.

These bridges are all going so fast and I missed them. They are soon going to be gone and they are a part of our history.

When you have a new law like that put into effect, the public focuses on the issue, maybe drivers and people think a little more about their drinking habits.

After a year or two, the number of business jets (with broadband Internet) will far outstrip the number of commercial airlines.

Of the nine people killed in crashes during the 2004 New Year's holiday, six, or 67 percent, were involved in alcohol-related crashes.

Now, even if you're not looking for the information - if you're looking for it, it's everywhere - but even if you're not, you log on to your e-mail, and there it is, hitting you in the face. It's very difficult to wait until prime time to see this stuff, because it's all over the place. That was a problem as well, and we should have seen that coming.

I've met more than my share of troubled families who got that way because of gambling. It is difficult to break that compulsion.

Five might be one broadcast network too many.

It's an air mass that is just laden with moisture, and it doesn't take a whole lot to squeeze more water out.

The most logical explanation is that the scale of what we were actually able to observe on TV on Sept. 11 - planes crashing into buildings, buildings collapsing - were so visceral and immediate,

Education is a significant part of our mission here at the Tyler Museum of Art. This exhibition was organized to recognize the contributions these artists make every day in their chosen profession of teaching art.

What's going to be very interesting in '08 is how they adapt using the lessons that they learned from this one with regard to not only these problems, but also something else, which was actually a bright spot - their coverage of the Olympics through nontraditional media was actually very encouraging. They got a lot of Web-site hits. There were a lot of people consuming these Olympics one way or the other over the Internet and on high-definition television.

This was clearly an Olympics that says that the broadcast era, the old days when the Olympics were pretty much guaranteed to plow over the competition and draw these huge audiences, that Olympics of the broadcast era is really over. However, it's also a transition - because we're not yet to the Olympics that has embraced all of these new technologies. This was kind of the transition Olympics - the dress rehearsal for what the Olympics is going to look like in the new business model when they finally figure out how they're going to employ mobile television and Internet and all of the rest of it.

I believe most people come into town are responsible individuals and behave.

The issues with tape delay has always been a problem - because you're not seeing these things as they happen, you're seeing them several hours later.

The lower Olympic numbers are predictable and inevitable. Many people used to watch the Olympics because it was the best thing to watch. Now they have so many more choices.