Tauzin Quotes & Sayings

Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to. — Billy Tauzin

History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on. — Billy Tauzin

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. — Winston S. Churchill

Half of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment. — Billy Tauzin

If you come to me you will be leaping into the abyss. — Franz Kafka

Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims. — Billy Tauzin

All empires fall, eventually."
"But why? It's not for lack of power. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. Their power lulls them into comfort. They become undisciplined. Those who had to earn power are replaced by those who have known nothing else. Who have no comprehension of the need to rise above base desires.["] — Max Barry

I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion. — Billy Tauzin

The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area. — Billy Tauzin

Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana. — Billy Tauzin

Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore. — John Denham

We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth, and if you ask me about those insoluble economic problems that may arise if the top is deprived of their initiative, I would answer 'To hell with them.' The top is greedy and mean and will always find a way to take care of themselves. They always do. — Michael Foot

Under the guidance of our Leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days'; — George Orwell

I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public. — Billy Tauzin

And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape. — Billy Tauzin

Acquire knowledge. It enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an ornament among our friends and an armor against enemies. — Elijah Muhammad

Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it. — Ian Darke

You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled off to areas where you deal with it rather than have it drown you. — Billy Tauzin

I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't move the world - let alone your heart.. — John Geddes

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us. — Earl Nightingale

The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress. — Billy Tauzin

I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong. — Billy Tauzin

The most effective organizations, I am told, have both a "good boss" and a "bad boss," who work closely together. One holds us strongly, while the other speaks hard truth to us and sets clear goals and limits for us. — Richard Rohr

The more unknowable the mystery, the more beautiful it is. — David Lynch

Philosophy does not exist. It is nothing but an hypostatized abstraction. — R.D. Laing

New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans. — Billy Tauzin

Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting. — Tucker Carlson