Famous Quotes & Sayings

Niger Innis

People are familiar with 'the stick' of the Tea Party... challenging incumbents, flooding the phone lines. What they're not so much familiar with, and what I want to expand, is 'the carrot.' So when a Mitch McConnell, or when a Republican caucus stands firm... we have to reward them.

Sen. Stepp

When there's an overwhelming request on the part of an overwhelming majority in your caucus that you're elected to represent to do or not do something, you should be very respectful of that.

Melissa Bean

And I also serve on a caucus that addresses financial literacy for young people in this country. And it is so hypocritical that we want to talk to these kids about how to better manage their money when we are not doing a good job with our Nation's resources.

Neil LeBlanc

I have a lot of people in caucus who gave me their support. I know from discussions with them that their level of comfort was higher with Rodney.

Larry Sabato

He learned that you have to play ball. You have to serve the caucus and the leadership. And one of the primary ways to do that is to raise money for the caucus and help members who are politically in danger at the next election.

Alicia Dlugosh

He said he would caucus with members Tuesday, and we'll go from there.

Arlen Specter

There is a great mystique of the Senate Caucus Room, ... We are going to open up the hearings there.

Adriana Martinez

I think we're the perfect recipe to be an early caucus state.

Hugh Winebrenner

We've had some very famous people through Iowa who failed in the caucuses -- John Glenn, Ted Kennedy drew huge crowds here, but were never able to convert that into caucus support.

John Lilly

We were an extremely young football team last year and played some freshmen, and we were hoping that would pay off. But we elected to just not talk a whole lot about last year.

Ronnie Musgrove

As a former Governor, and more importantly, as a father, I know all too well how protective elected officials are of the special relationships they have with their children.

David Scurto

Make sure you have the willpower of your elected officials and the people.

Ted Cruz

If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.

Lee Kuan Yew

Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

Ed Koch

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

Ed Koch

I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.

Shashi Tharoor

When I grew up in India, telephones were a rarity. In fact, they were so rare that elected members of Parliament had the right to allocate 15 telephone lines as a favor to those they deemed worthy. If you were lucky enough to be a wealthy businessman or an influential journalist, or a doctor or something, you might have a telephone.

Michael Hendricks

Somebody finally had the intelligent idea to remember that Harper isn't elected yet. That seemed to secure everybody. They quieted down and the subject hasn't come up again. Just that one shot.

Chick Hearn

You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority.

Bertolt Brecht

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.

Robert A. Heinlein

Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A

Nykesha Sales

Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing.

Jeremy Corbyn

Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.

Erin Morgenstern

I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated.

Dennis Prager

The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous.

Ashleigh Brilliant

The majority is never right, unless it includes me.

Zalmay Khalilzad

Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition.

Agnes Martin

Anything can be painted without representation.

Billy Corgan

Gish was the best representation of where we were at the time.

Kesha Rogers

I'm a Democrat because I represent the true traditions of the Democratic Party.

Rep. Taylor

She had to represent her constituents.... I think all these commissioners do the same thing.

Ed Keon

When things seem very risky it often represents opportunity.

Lupe Ontiveros

I'm proud to represent those hands that labor in this country.

Khare Hawkins

You do have to be fashionable because you do represent us. If you are part of this troupe, you must look the part at all times.

Twyla Tharp

My dancers expect me to deliver because my choreography represents their livelihood.

Jonathan Fox

No one represents their interests, here or in Mexico. They have to speak up and do it themselves.

Kenneth Blackwell

The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.

Kathleen Battle

When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.

Justin Long

So I made a request. I said to the writers, I have a minor request that I just want to play a loser.

Kim Brown

The only request is they make it healthy.

Ariel Sharon

I don't think it would be suitable (to request aid) at this time so we will wait a while.

Barbara Jones

He cooperated with our request to come out and SWAT was there and we took him into custody.

Daniel Joseph

He had many requests to have someone end his life.

Debbie Breen

We've had so many requests for groceries. The groceries take up one-third of the store.

Bill Steele

Our trustees are not employee-friendly. We request you appoint new trustees who are employee-friendly.

Callie Khouri

I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.

Linda Hall

She's respectful and does what she's supposed to do.

Andy Enright

He was pretty nice. He was always respectful of everyone.

Corey Dillon

He was very respectful and said all the right things.

Bryce Harper

I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.

Derek Fisher

That's the type of personality he has. But he does it in a way that's respectful of his teammates. He's never trying to show someone up.

Sandra Sanchez

We want to do it in a respectful manner.

Mike Carey

Human beings take social stances, and if you’re respectful of all human beings, you have to decide what you’re going to do and why you’re going to do it.

Mark Twain

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.