Beacons Quote by Thomas Menino Download Open image “For every $5 that Boston's economy sends up to Beacon Hill, the state gives only $1 back to us.” — Thomas Menino ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Beacons Boston Economy Giving Hills States
Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
Boston has jobs... And we have plenty of talent in our communities, who either physically can't get there because the transportation system isn't working… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
Bostonians want our city to be more than an economic engine. We want to be a city where growth brings opportunity, community, and connection… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
The truth is, I'm not going to Washington alone. I'm bringing Boston with me. — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
One of the things we have to understand is that federal transportation dollars require a local match. If that money isn't there, that money… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here! — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options. — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn. — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city. — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance. — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
This is a bad day for Boston, but I think if we pull together we'll get through it. — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership. — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
Laughter is one of the great beacons in life because we don't refract it by gunning it through our intellectual prism. What makes us… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th'… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There's more attention paid to entertainers than ever and less that they have to say. Not that entertainers were ever a great beacon of… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I headed towards the mountain, which was an almost irresistible beacon to my storm self. It glowed with heat, pressure, and turbulence—everything a little… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Maybe." I shrug. "But what I meant was, can't you use the makeup to cover it?" Miles rolls his eyes and scowls. "Oh, so… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
“I live in the space between chaos and shape. I walk the line that continually threatens to lose its tautness under me, dropping me… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image