Russel Honore Quotes

Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile.
Russel Honore

Bad, Poor, Cold

By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.
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Waiting, Here, Frustrated

I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter.
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Dead, Cat, Hitting

The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.
Russel Honore

Best, Storm, Here

America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.
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Everything, Control, America

Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to take action, to evacuate. No more. With Irene, you had mass evacuations - mandatory ones - issued days ahead of time. That was the right thing to do.
Russel Honore

Time, Political, Country

During the aftermath of Katrina, National Guard troops were positioned on every block to establish a sense of safety and source of help for the people in need. They did not leave communities until people were safe and sound.
Russel Honore

Help, Sense, Until

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.
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Two, Storm, City

I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.
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Lost, American, Industry

I told myself I'd stay in until I reached major, and then go on and do something else.
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Else, Until, Stay

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.
Russel Honore

Leader, Mission

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.
Russel Honore

Game, Real, Giving

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.
Russel Honore

Leadership, Working, Vision

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.
Russel Honore

Leadership, Time, Working

People need to be cautious because anything built by man can be destroyed by Mother Nature.
Russel Honore

Nature, Mother, Destroyed

Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.
Russel Honore

Hard, Big, Heartache

The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
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Crisis, America, Nation

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.
Russel Honore

Food, Word, Alive

This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid.
Russel Honore

Stupid, Control, Somebody

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.
Russel Honore

Trust, Why, Try

You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.
Russel Honore

Vote, Water, City

You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.
Russel Honore

Life, Try, Cannot

You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.
Russel Honore

America, Lose, Year

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Nationality: American

Born: 1947

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