All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
Ed McMahonThere was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton Berle was on.
Ed McMahonI have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is required when you get there.
Ed McMahonIt's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
Ed McMahonThe best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of pressure to allow lowest common denominator development... Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place.
Ed McMahon