Clay Bennett quote: "If the Hornets go back to New Orleans, I expect we'll get a franchise. There haven't been any promises made, but there's been a lot of congratulations offered to us and encouragement and recognition. This a bona fide marketplace for the NBA. We've proven that."

It appears they [the Joint Chiefs] interpret cartoons as accurately as they do prewar intelligence.
CLAY BENNETT

We are acutely interested and very focused on bringing a team to Oklahoma City. It's a tricky spot t...
CLAY BENNETT

They should be as concerned with the soldiers in the field as they are with a cartoon. Maybe they sh...
CLAY BENNETT

I would rather be right than President.
HENRY CLAY

The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive i...
CLAY SHIRKY

You used to have to own a radio tower or television tower or printing press. Now all you have to hav...
CLAY SHIRKY

With the help of personal introductions by Andrew Carnegie, diligence and an absolute burning desire...
CLAY CLARK

Yes, sir, from Constantinople, or from the Brazils; from Turk or christian; from black or white; fro...
HENRY CLAY

Your to-do list should include items that need to be accomplished for the month, the week, and each ...
CLAY CLARK

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
HENRY CLAY

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
HENRY CLAY

I'd rather be right than President.
HENRY CLAY

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
HENRY CLAY

There is no power like that of true oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears; Cicero, ...
HENRY CLAY

Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not th...
CLAY SHIRKY

Most of my fights, I push the pace. I'm the aggressor.
CLAY GUIDA

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opp...
CLAY AIKEN

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no We...
HENRY CLAY

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of characte...
HENRY CLAY

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but ...
HENRY CLAY

In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global ...
CLAY AIKEN

There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and ...
CLAY SHIRKY

rock 'n' roll of comedy.
ANDREW CLAY

We celebrated holidays together, ... He came over to my house all the time.
ANDREW CLAY

My fiancÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©e and I became very close to him, ... He was very giving, good-natured, and...
ANDREW CLAY

Eleanor and I were fighting about her not knowing how to cook, and Freddy was sitting there watching...
ANDREW CLAY

There was a coolness about him, ... He used to wear these sunglasses and these shirts that had pictu...
ANDREW CLAY

I don't drink to get happy or to forget the pain. I drink to stop the voices in my head. Do you know...
ANDREW CLAY

If you are a company of the size where you can bang a drum and get politicians interested over here ...
ANDREW CLAY

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to ...
CLAY AIKEN

As a business consultant, I am a voracious reader of self-help books, case studies of thriving compa...
CLAY CLARK

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.
BRYAN CLAY

Dream up big, hairy, audacious goals that you are passionate about and pursue them relentlessly. You...
CLAY CLARK

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and ap...
HENRY CLAY

It is important to let every employee know where he or she stands throughout his or her time in your...
CLAY CLARK

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
HENRY CLAY

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the ...
HENRY CLAY

I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.
BRYAN CLAY

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.
BRYAN CLAY

I helped deliver the baby and everything. That was probably the most exciting moment of my life, ......
BRYAN CLAY

[Sebrle, 30, visited Clay, 25, in California this spring for training and golf.] Roman's a good golf...
BRYAN CLAY

[Clay handled the weather - chilly in the 50s, windy and rainy - as well as the competition.] This w...
BRYAN CLAY

I'm very, very disappointed with my performance here.
BRYAN CLAY

I am just happy to still be in the medals to be going home with another silver medal.
BRYAN CLAY

Even though I'm what people call a 'world-class athlete,' I have to do all the same things doctors a...
BRYAN CLAY

[Clay handled the weather ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â chilly in the 50s, windy and rainy Ãƒ...
BRYAN CLAY

I've been dreaming about this since I was a little kid, since I was 8 years old. I'm just glad these...
BRYAN CLAY

On any given day one of us could have won. I'm just glad it went my way. Roman was there every step ...
BRYAN CLAY

Overdeliver on promises and deadlines. Show up early, deliver your product early, and deliver more t...
CLAY CLARK

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and ...
HENRY CLAY

The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of...
HENRY CLAY

When Jack Welch was the CEO of General Electric, he was able to produce record growth year after yea...
CLAY CLARK

The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined...
CLAY AIKEN

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!
CLAY AIKEN

I embrace the Nerd.
CLAY AIKEN

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myse...
CLAY AIKEN

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.
CLAY AIKEN

I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, but the path w...
CLAY AIKEN

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, b...
CLAY AIKEN

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.
CLAY AIKEN

It's very rare that you get to go up and meet fans and especially at their house and surprise them. ...
CLAY AIKEN

I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.
CLAY AIKEN

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
HENRY CLAY

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no ...
HENRY CLAY

In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character...
HENRY CLAY

In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation ...
HENRY CLAY

I had rather be right than be President.
HENRY CLAY

All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, pol...
HENRY CLAY

Statistics are no substitute for judgment
HENRY CLAY

It's tough to beat somebody three times. Give Owyhee credit, they played hard and hit their shots.
CLAY FITCH

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and ap...
HENRY CLAY

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the t...
HENRY CLAY

I would rather be right than President
HENRY CLAY

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but...
HENRY CLAY

The vanity of the world, and its insufficiency to satisfy the soul of man, has been long a settled c...
HENRY CLAY

We played our hearts out,
HENRY CLAY

When we get an open look, we have to shoot and shoot on goal, ... We had some open looks today and p...
HENRY CLAY

Yes, sir, from Constantinople, or from the Brazil; from Turk or Christian; from black or white; from...
HENRY CLAY

I am a little surprised by those scores,
HENRY CLAY

(Lafayette) came out and just played really hard and we didn't even come close to matching their int...
HENRY CLAY

There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the env...
CLAY SHIRKY

Have you ever noticed some people are able to stay organized while getting a massive quantity of wor...
CLAY CLARK

Over the life cycle of that airplane, we're absolutely confident we're going to get 50% or more.
CLAY MCCONNELL

Think about spam filters; if email didn't come from someone that someone you know knows, that...
CLAY SHIRKY

[As for Bartlett's game (he's a 12.3 and cited by several sources as the best golfer in the White Ho...
CLAY JOHNSON

In this case, the concerns that you're citing were addressed and resolved. There were no national se...
CLAY LOWERY

He showed a lot of poise out there. He has as much ability as anyone we've got. We've got a deep sta...
CLAY MCCAMMON

I thought the kids did a great job of showing poise. Snyder is a great team, they got us down early ...
CLAY MARTIN

Startup culture fosters laughter, debate, and a passionate, non-politically-correct focus on getting...
CLAY CLARK

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy w...
CLAY AIKEN

He's a legend. He deserves respect.
CLAY OGDEN

It's like sitting in a submarine,
CLAY WALKER

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.
CLAY AIKEN

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.
CLAY AIKEN

Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what God wants you ...
CLAY AIKEN

I had a lady who sent me a letter, ... She went on to describe how she and her husband [had sex] to ...
CLAY AIKEN

Whether this ride lasts for one year or 10 years, I want to have a home base.
CLAY AIKEN

I spent years and years in middle school getting picked on, so I'm kind of used it,
CLAY AIKEN

Heck, it's just as insulting as when someone like you interviews me and asks a question like that, n...
CLAY AIKEN

I have a feeling they are probably mostly ladies,
CLAY AIKEN

Reach Out (I'll Be There).
CLAY AIKEN

It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.
CLAY AIKEN

You don't have to be around people you are related to be with family.
CLAY AIKEN

Actually, I don’t hate cats, I’m just kind of afraid of them.
CLAY AIKEN

Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.
CLAY AIKEN

Stupidity is evil waiting to happen
CLAY BOND

Certainly Republicans are talking about the impact — pro or con — that Reed would have on the go...
CHUCK CLAY

In the startup work environment, you get to have a relationship with your boss, the investors, and t...
CLAY CLARK

Every coach is biased about his own kid, but I wouldn't trade Kevin for anybody. He accepted not mak...
CLAY NORTON

(The extra headroom) gives us easy access to clean the dust, grain particles and fines from undernea...
CLAY MITCHELL

People need to know that the cattle and the pastures and the citrus groves they see do not sustain t...
CLAY JORDAN

Most important to me is not having the process of honoring heroes turn into a partisan process. Hist...
CHUCK CLAY

They mapped the Arctic Ocean with this thing.
CLAY CONDIT

Customers appreciate the savings and it gives friends and family a chance to dine out together witho...
CLAY DOVER

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of cha...
CLAY AIKEN

Everybody has a full deck of cards, but nobody wants to show their cards at the same time.
CLAY BARTLETT

Big successful corporations have established their own culture by the time you come along, so you ha...
CLAY CLARK

I'm just glad I didn't have to put him on the trailer and send him away. He had a good spirit about ...
CLAY STEPHENS

The reason we think this can work from a non-proliferation standpoint is that we are seeking to prov...
CLAY SELL

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping...
CLAY AIKEN

I am very active, ... I like to ride horses. I golf. I perform onstage. I am a madman onstage.
CLAY WALKER

We've been feeling this for several years now.
BETSYE CLAY

Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.
CLAY SHIRKY

You know you've got a good piece of software when people use it for purposes for which the designers...
CLAY SHIRKY

It was Daytona's finest house. I spent a lot of time there as a kid.
CLAY HARPSTER

They spared no expense when it came to building this place.
CLAY HARPSTER

I knew that house in and out. I use to go there with my folks and spend time with (the King family).
CLAY HARPSTER

The Zippers seem to embody a lot of different notions of who they are. The CD-ROM captures that.
CLAY WALKER

We left some room to keep adding names. We thought about that a lot. It was meant to be something th...
CLAY GISH

I wouldn't be surprised if as many as 25 percent of New Jersey voters said they are supporting Kean ...
CLAY RICHARDS

The bottom line is that even when things are equal in New Jersey, the Democrats win.
CLAY RICHARDS

Our proposal seeks to provide stability, clarity and predictability in moving the Yucca Mountain Pro...
CLAY SELL

I've been a starter all my life until now, ... so I'd love the opportunity to finally pitch in the r...
CLAY HENSLEY

Sen. Menendez has a 6-point lead in his race for re-election mainly because New Jersey is a Democrat...
CLAY RICHARDS

Workers should be treated as individual professional public servants, not as bureaucrats. We tend to...
CLAY JOHNSON

And we had teams of scientists up on the surface, and it would ram its way up through (the ice). 17 ...
CLAY CONDIT

This is the sixth derivative of the 747. It's a plane that can be offered out there at a relatively ...
CLAY MCCONNELL

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or m...
CLAY AIKEN

Anybody who predicts the death of cities has already met his spouse.
CLAY SHIRKY

He's just never gassed out. Matt just wants to grind you down in that mat. He just keeps grinding at...
CLAY CLIFFORD

That was quite an experience. Your legs felt good, because it was kind of like an ice bath. But once...
CLAY PETERSON

heavy damage to its roller doors and skylights. The wharf is dry, with no flooding and the draft alo...
HENRY CLAY

Some of the guys actually slept in the clubhouse.
CLAY HARRIS

When Josh gave you something, it wasn't a string attached. It was never a hidden meaning. It was alw...
CLAY BRASWELL

All the stuff, curtains, fabrics and whatever else is coming, too.
CLAY AIKEN

Basic fairness means the displaced people in Florida should be handled the same as those in Louisian...
CLAY SHAW

I think Marquette Park is one of our pearls in an oyster that we need to shine up.
RUDY CLAY

The elevated floor allows easier servicing of the drying machinery, regardless of whether grain is i...
CLAY MITCHELL

Our special teams were super. I mean we gave up a (long) kickoff return, which was not good. Before ...
CLAY JORDAN

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but ...
HENRY CLAY

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.
CLAY AIKEN

Submarine in the desert. Yeah, an oxymoron if you ever had one.
CLAY CONDIT

When we're bored, we give each other piggy back rides.
HALLEY CLAY

There's good and bad things about having a bye. You don't have to play this week, but the bad thing ...
CLAY MARTIN

The variable that's having the most impact now is the weather.
CLAY INGRAM

You don't want to get rid of all your ants either. They're natural predators to termites.
BRET CLAY

A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fac...
HENRY CLAY

It's an appropriate thing to recognize. I guess the words I would use [are] remembrance and reconcil...
CHUCK CLAY

Secretary Rice spoke to the Quartet principals this morning to discuss the situation in the Palestin...
NOEL CLAY

We do work together, and we are going to fight this tooth and toe-nail,
CLAY SHAW

Clearly there's thriving competition between wireless companies. Competition is fierce.
CLAY OWEN

It's a marvelously subtle attack.
CLAY RICHARDS

Sadly, it is not surprising that Americans' knowledge about the First Amendment is clearly lacking a...
CLAY CALVERT

Last time I visited the graveyard, some of us had trouble walking the quarter mile from the boat lan...
CLAY CABLE

Operationally, the transactions were fairly trivial.
CLAY SHIRKY

The habit of doing more than you are paid for can benefit any business that sells a product or servi...
CLAY CLARK

He is a good kid and strong as a bull. He was somebody local to go with. He showed a lot of potentia...
CLAY PERRY

Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to impro...
CLAY SHIRKY

Sharing thoughts and expressions and even actions with others, possibly many others, is becoming a n...
CLAY SHIRKY

It's the roadmap. I could drive to Fort Lauderdale without a map, but it's easier if I have one.
CLAY SHAW

There's stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.
CLAY AIKEN

This is a marathon, not a sprint.
CLAY MCCONNELL

He worked as hard as any other pilot, and his stick and throttle are above most others.
CLAY OGDEN

They attacked our middle tonight, and they didn't exploit that last night.
CLAY COCKETT

We are very young with only one senior. I think we outwork people. I have the best kids and a great ...
CHARLIE CLAY

Both of us are hungry for a win. I think both teams will be hungry to get on the winning side.
CLAY JORDAN

We're always going to face great pitchers in this district so that's one reason we haven't been hitt...
CLAY BERRY

There's no doubt that these kids are hungry for a win. We really need a win for our confidence right...
CLAY BERRY

Automation speeds the grain handling process, so there's never a bottleneck at the bin site. The com...
CLAY MITCHELL

I try to take control out there. If someone's losing their temper, I try to get them back in line an...
CLAY ONEY

We're very pleased that DirecTV recognizes the importance of sponsoring a Nextel Cup event. They cho...
CLAY CAMPBELL

They're heavily involved in racing and really supportive of what NASCAR has to offer. We're very exc...
CLAY CAMPBELL

It's an honor to be working with DIRECTV in their first Nextel Cup Series race sponsorship. The comp...
CLAY CAMPBELL

They're already involved in the sport. They fully recognize the importance of NASCAR. You go up and ...
CLAY CAMPBELL

I had talked with Darrell some time ago and he said he'd never raced a Busch car here and that he wo...
CLAY CAMPBELL

It's a dream come true. I can't image anything better.
CLAY CAMPBELL

No. It was a dream come true.
CLAY CAMPBELL

It feels amazing. This was a team effort and every single player, whether on the bench or on the fie...
CLAY CAMPBELL

Because Wikipedia is a process, not a product, it replaces guarantees offered by institutions with p...
CLAY SHIRKY

[F]or any group determined to maintain a set of communal standards some mechanism of enforcement mus...
CLAY SHIRKY

Collaboration is not an absolute good.
CLAY SHIRKY

Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definit...
CLAY SHIRKY

[R]elying on nonfinancial motivations may actually make systems more tolerant of variable participat...
CLAY SHIRKY

A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain f...
CLAY SHIRKY

Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group id...
CLAY SHIRKY

The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to...
CLAY SHIRKY

Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, th...
CLAY SHIRKY

Information sharing produces shared awareness among the participants, and collaborative production r...
CLAY SHIRKY

[C]ollaborative production is simple: no one person can take credit for what gets created, and the p...
CLAY SHIRKY

If the Hornets go back to New Orleans, I expect we'll get a franchise. There haven't been any promises made, but there's been a lot of congratulations offered to us and encouragement and recognition. This a bona fide marketplace for the NBA. We've proven that.

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Clay Bennett

If the Hornets go back to New Orleans, I expect we'll get a franchise. There haven't been any promises made, but there's been a lot of congratulations offered to us and encouragement and recognition. This a bona fide marketplace for the NBA. We've proven that.

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