Urban Quotes

(The course) is about race and American society... What I want to do is bring all these issues that this Hurricane Katrina debate has brought forward - I want to bring them out. I want to talk about affirmative action, crime and punishment, schools and the test score cap, urban politics and the history of the civil rights movement, and try to bring all these different elements together in a contemporary course. - Glenn Loury

(The authority) does not have the ability to condemn. Our concern is that the eminent domain issue is clouding the use of urban renewal authorities. - Paul Strong

(Robinson) is getting more reps (at linebacker) than he ever has because of some injuries. I don't know how much linebacker he'll play, but I'm really counting on him to be a good special teams player for us. - Urban Meyer

(It's) very disappointing. We all make stupid mistakes, and that ranks right up there as a serious one. We dealt with it seriously, and we're moving on. - Urban Meyer

(In) the industrial cities of 100 years ago ... millions of urban dwellers ... were obliged to endure cramped and unsanitary tenements, traffic and pollution-choked streets and deadly factories. Today, by comparison, most residents of affluent metropolitan areas live in relatively low-density suburbs, areas that are much cleaner, greener and safer than the neighborhoods their great-grandparents inhabited. - Robert Bruegmann

(Florida coach Urban Meyer ) was here to see him last Thursday. Florida State called (Monday). They didn't offer but they wanted film. He's so fast. That's what separates him. He moves his feet as well as anybody on the team. Then, he has all the size. - Sean Callahan

(Bush) has given them an excellent American target in Iraq but in the process has energized the jihad and given militants the kind of urban warfare experience that will raise the future threat to the United States exponentially. - Steven Simon