David Simons Quotations

We are extremely excited to combine CPI with our company,

We are extremely excited to combine CPI with our company. It is the country's most productive aggregation of retail real estate assets.

My son Ethan dictates terms and takes all my time. That's pretty perfect when I have the chance to let it occur.

I tend to suspect that my female characters are, to quote a famous criticism of Hemingway, men with tits. I think it is among my weaknesses and I work harder on those scenes, I think, because I feel vulnerable.

I think our show is the most elaborate in terms of what it is trying to say about the American city. I'm proud of what we're trying to address.

The arrival of Tiffany is a significant event for The Fashion Mall and indeed, the entire Indianapolis retail community, ... It again validates one of our core strategies - that the world's greatest retailers want to be at truly preeminent retail properties.

We are talking mostly cosmetic work at the Sports Arena and Coliseum, and we have so many more facilities, like Staples Center, that are available to us,

This would pull it all together in one place,

We're a very angry, very political show. Because these people are genuinely trapped.

We're moving very, very fast and furious on that front. In fact, we would hope by (2007) to complete at least five, if not six.

We are pleased to report another quarter of strong financial and operational results, as well as the completion of several activities that position us well for 2006. During the fourth quarter of 2005 we opened one new development project, entered into a land development joint venture, acquired interests in two regional malls, sold twelve non-core retail real estate assets, issued $1.1 billion of unsecured notes at attractive coupons, and expanded and extended our corporate credit facility on more favorable terms. In addition, our development program continues to proceed with six projects under construction. We are also pleased to announce today an 8.6 % increase in our common stock dividend.

We've got to bring the costs under control. If people run the safest shop they can, it's still a big number. Even small injuries can become six-figure cases if they're not managed well.

So, too, for reporters who routinely write stories using morgue clippings for background, or who work to catch up on a competitor?s reportage and err by not independently confirming every single detail. So, too, for every columnist who ever used reported material -- either his own newspaper?s or that of another -- as the given terrain on which to maneuver. A lot of people need to be fired, apparently.

This guy couldn't shake Baltimore off him if he tried,

This is not one of those situations where we can sit back and say well we've got a study plan and 6 months from now we should be well. How many people are going to die between now and 6 months from now when supposedly that get well date hits?

It's sad when they advertise a detective slot for $9.50 an hour. I pay my babysitter more.

It occurred to me, having written a couple of 600-page tomes, that if you want to say something intricate about something as disorganized, confused, and interconnected as an American city, you want to stay for the whole season on a single story,

They've never won the bid, but they made it to the finals in 1998.

All he did was make money; the guy couldn't miss,

All he did was make money; the guy couldn't miss. He finally ended up in Hawaii, where he bought most of Maui just before the 707 came in and jet travel was possible. All of a sudden Hawaiian real estate mattered, and he had all of it.

Their argument is that Mr. Pied is not disabled. Therefore, they can discriminate against him.

They figure they can do what they want to me and this community with impunity.

We knew going out that it wasn't going to run wild, ... but this is what we wanted to do.

If I let them, they would drag this out for another 20 years, ... They may be kicking and screaming, but they're going to clean that site up and it's going to be sooner rather than later.

I covered everything. City general assignment, crime, politics, whatever. I worked on the rewrite desk for a time because I was quick and clean. My bread and butter was city crime and the drug culture in particular. You name it, I could give you eighteen inches of clean copy in twenty minutes on deadline.

HBO's a lot smarter than NBC. They can afford to be. They don't care if you're watching every show on HBO. If you're a subscriber and you're only getting it for two shows out of 10, they've still got your $17.95. And therein lies all the difference.