“We won’t succeed as an economy if we don’t include the human capital. It won’t happen without labor, without well-fed labor – people who are ready for work and not besieged by the sort of financial burdens that are sort of killing them every day.”
BERNARD J. BEAUDREAU, executive director of Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Dec. 9, 2002
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“There has to be – I hope this doesn’t sound too crass – there has to be something in it for you. It’s not about altruism. It’s about what you get out of it. It makes me feel appreciated. Volunteering makes you feel better about yourself.”
PRISCILLA J. ANGELO, Business Volunteers for the Arts/Rhode Island, 2001 Volunteer of the Year Award recipient, Jan. 15, 2001
“If you don’t see higher education as a positive economic force in the community, you are making a very big mistake, because therein lies the future of the community.”
SISTER M. THERESE ANTONE, president of Salve Regina University, Jan. 19, 2004
“Nobody has plans in college, and if they do, they are idiots.”
WILLIAM MCCORMICK, co-founder of McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant, June 28, 2004
“Our job is to produce players for the Boston Red Sox. Winning is secondary. And our fans have accepted that.”
Ben Mondor, owner of Pawtucket Red Sox, Oct. 1, 2001
“I think the most important thing about having gay and lesbian people coming to church is that gay and lesbian people who are Catholic just want to be Catholic. They just want to have a place where they can worship and feel comfortable.”
REV. FRANK SEVOLA, executive director, St. Francis Chapel and City Ministry Center, March 10, 2003
“If people can get beyond the ignorance of what they think a tribe is I think the tribe can be helpful to them.”
CHIEF SACHEM MATTHEW THOMAS, leader of Narragansett Indian Tribe, Dec. 8, 2003
