“I don’t believe the state has spent enough time talking to [the IT community] to understand what those organizations really need to be successful and to grow. I think that more dialogue sessions need to occur.”
TIM HEBERT, CEO of Atrion Networking Corp., Nov. 5, 2007
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“It’s not just about cutting grass or picking up litter or building playgrounds, it’s customer service.”
ROBERT MCMAHON, superintendent of Providence Parks Dept., June 21, 2008
“I think probably the most disappointing is the relative failure to get the governor and the General Assembly behind the university. We’ve been in a very rapid reduction in state money over the last seven or eight years.”
ROBERT L. CAROTHERS, president of the University of Rhode Island, April 4, 2009
“Find out as much as you can and put it to use and do it better than the competition.”
DON SHULA, Hall of Fame football coach on football and business, March 10, 2007
“You look for opportunity, you find something that you have a passion for, and you pursue it. Sometimes if you set a goal, especially for running for office, you focus on that too much. You need to focus on the job at hand, and that’s the best way to get far.”
CHRISTOPHER BIZZACCO, chief of staff for Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, June 10, 2006
“At arts school I was able to connect with the human side – creativity and expression – then I came back to MIT, and I’ve been there for 11 years now. And I was starting to feel like I was ‘over-technologized.’ ”
John Maeda, newly named president of Rhode Island School of Design, Dec. 29, 2007
“So we put out the welcome mat. We keep a database of all the available space in the city, and when someone calls looking for an office or a workshop, we’re able to get them the information right away.”
MICHAEL CASSIDY, retiring director of planning and development for Pawtucket, on helping artists make the city home, April 10, 2010
