Rollin Stanley, in his own words

“I used to have a bumper sticker after 21 years doing planning in Toronto that said: ‘I don’t do suburbs.’ I do suburbs now, and recently I’ve been regretting it. However, the one thing I had to learn ... Toronto’s so far ahead of everybody else it’s not funny, but that doesn’t work in Montgomery County.” — Agents of Change panel,

March 2012

“Other than saying they serve horse meat, nothing kills a restaurant faster than locating on a one-way street. ... We want people to slow down, look out the window at the retail environment and have street parking to liven up the sidewalk.” — Director’s blog (on Louisville,

Kentucky), December 2011

“The best places to visit have the worst traffic. Who in here has gone on vacation in Houston?” — Greater Greater Washington

blog, 2010

“I have a philosophy. If you can’t get out of your car to

buy a doughnut, you should probably not be eating it.” —On drive-thrus, Riverfront Times (St. Louis), Oct. 2004

“I sincerely regret and apologize for the careless and dismissive tone conveyed in the article. I intend to enrol in mediation/conflict resolution instruction to assist me in moving the public discussion on the future of the County forward.”

— Statement, in response to Bethesda Magazine article quot

ing him as calling critics “rich white women” March 2012