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"Come visit us again and again. This is a state of excitement. But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live" - Tom McCall in a 1971 interview with CBS Evening News.
"There's been a lot of bad mouthing about 'visit but don't stay'. It served its purpose. We were saying 'visit but don't stay' because Oregon, queen bee though she is, is not yet ready for the swarm. I am simply saying that Oregon is demure and lovely, and it ought to play a little hard to get. And I think you'll all be just as sick as I am if you find it is nothing but a hungry hussy, throwing herself at every stinking smokestack that's offered" - Tom McCall in July 1982
" We are continuing to woo new industry. We have to have it. But we are not willing to take any industry at any price. The industry must come here on our terms, play the game by our environmental rules, and be members of the Oregon family. We lose some this way -- and we want to lose that kind of company. - Tom McCall, April 1971 to a convention of Oregon tourism executives.
"If we engineers had souls[,] which I doubt, we might have to take to the back roads to keep from blushing every time we see some of the things we have done. But on the other hand, I'm kinda human like the rest of humanity, and I'll admit that there's at least one or two bridges I've had a hand in, and when I look at them, I kinda figure I'll have some alibi when I see St. Peter. Not all of 'em, you understand, but some of 'em did come out so good they make life worth living" Conde McCullough May 7, 1946 - "Bridges" editorial in the Eugene Register Guard —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cacophony (talk • contribs) 05:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
