“Why would any business want to move here? It’s pay to play … but I really believe that the legislature doesn’t understand that when businesses look at Rhode Island … they look at our past and our present and they see it’s like the Wild West.”
ALAN G. HASSENFELD, philanthropist and former chairman and CEO of Hasbro Inc., Jan. 16, 2016
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“It’s a big pond and there are a lot of big fish. If you want to be successful, you have to be better than everyone else.”
BAHJAT SHARIFF, operating partner and senior vice president of operations for a chain of 24 Panera Bread restaurant franchises, July 28, 2012
“The current situation for health care is not going to be business as usual going forward. Our business is challenged.”
DR. TIMOTHY J. BABINEAU, president and CEO of Lifespan, on the need for health care reform, Feb. 9, 2013
“I literally cannot sleep at night, knowing that my children in the future won’t have the [life] that I’ve had. I lived the American Dream.”
STEPHEN P. LAFFEY, former mayor of Cranston and unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island, May 14, 2011
“I think we had a much better world in the old days. We didn’t make much money. We didn’t have anything, we didn’t have a lot. But it was much better.”
MARY PONCIN, greeter at Kent Hospital and its oldest employee, on the occasion of her 100th birthday, Dec. 9, 2013
“As we all can see, technology is moving at the speed of light; things are changing very quickly. In order to be successful, you have to be able to grow and develop in your profession.”
RICHARD I. GOUSE, president of New England Institute of Technology, Nov. 29, 2014
