#people

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to hire 55 people to run the city, it was hard to imagine any honeymoon. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#city #during #especially #first #going

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#fact #good #hurricane #hurricane katrina #i

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#appointing #argue #because #campaign #emphatic

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here. They were coming in and working very hard and many of them had left jobs in which they made significantly more money. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#around #because #bunch #coming #had

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#backgrounds #coming #competing #dealing #delhi

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#accountable #anywhere #creating #else #everyone

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#does #hire #important #important thing #mayor

I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night. ↗

— Kenny Hickey

#crowds #drunk #end #get #happy

As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#lives #long #other #people #person

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#itself #kingdom #outside #people #share