I've never seen a tornado and I've lived in Oklahoma City basically my whole life. It's not like we're infested with them on a continual basis. But you learn to live with the warnings. And you learn what to do… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
We've seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
It's nice to get president candidates' attention to infrastructure need which is really a ticking time bomb in America. But as important as the… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, its not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
We've got to get people out of their cars, out of those drive-thru windows, get them walking, get them in parks and get them… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
If you can attract highly educated people from other parts of the country and keep your own best and brightest, chances are the job… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
I believe in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it starts getting… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
