Zev Yaroslavsky quotes

“I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers.”
-- Zev Yaroslavsky

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“Los Angeles County government is a "Soviet-style system," with too many people only sort of in charge and no person sufficiently at the helm to take responsibility.”
-- Zev Yaroslavsky

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“There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.”

“Everybody is entitled to believe. Churches have exactly the same right to exist as a football club, a trade union or a political party. But if you and I set up the Church of the Fairies of the Garden, then I don't think we should automatically be meeting the queen, be entitled to seats in the House of Lords or get public money for our fairy schools.”

“Thankfully we had a big drive there in the fourth quarter after the fumble to put us up 11, and then the big drive to finish the game.”

“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”

“I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.”

Source : "An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys". Interview with David Flumenbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2008.

“The guys who stick around are the smartest guys and the guys who are the most self-driven. You have to have drive. The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.”

“Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.”

Source : "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.

“I think the talent is there to get to Super Bowl 5.”

“I’ll be emotionally disturbed for as long as it takes”

“The most admirable method is that by which each wash of colour, large or small, is never disturbed. It admits of practically no overpainting, sponging or scrubbing. The colour stays where it is put.”