Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Newman

Organizations that have been granted tax-exempt status ought not endorse specific candidates for public office. What we have in Odessa, what some people actually seem to be proud of, is an ongoing problem with separating the prerogatives of church and state.

Pataki is the governor of New York, after all, and an unannounced candidate for president. If he's out of commission for a week or more, people will want to know why, even if the details make them squeamish.

Past election results show most 19th District residents don't want a far left candidate representing them.

Part of the problem is if the word is out that they're using your list, there's a sort of subtle insinuation that you're endorsing the candidate - and I'm not,

Paul is a candidate with a lot of talent, enormous potential, and if he runs a good campaign, he may win. If he runs a good race and doesn't win, he will be a more prominent commodity for the future.

The re-emergence of Kerry as a viable candidate has also put some pressure on health care stocks.

With those two, I told them I'd be glad if they'd be candidates in this particular race. They have experience.

John Thune

With this much clutter out there and this much money being spent on the airwaves, the candidates start losing control of the message,

Ben Affleck

would make a superb public candidate for public office in the future.

We're looking for hard-working individuals who recognize this as a great professional opportunity and possible career path into federal service. Our ideal candidate has equal parts desire to protect the flying public and strong commitment to America's security.

We're not here to influence voters; we're here to make sure they get to vote for the candidate of their choice.

Mohammed Dahlan

Thousands of names of voters and many of the names of candidates were dropped off (registration) lists.

While the ACLU understands that candidates will have a more difficult time reaching dislocated voters, the privacy rights of those individuals far outweigh the narrower interests of office seekers.

Jeff Cohen

We never had a conversation about which candidate Rick Greenspan liked. I gave him my opinion. I said, 'Steve Alford would be a great candidate.' I gave him my opinions. But it wasn't until recently that we had conversations about who was out there, who was available, who was interested, what our options were, that sort of thing. It hasn't been a very long time.

Judd Gregg

Unless you've got a national organization and a capability to run nationally, you aren't going to be a viable candidate of our party.

Karen Hughes

We are now in uncharted waters. We're in an unprecedented period where a presidential candidate is going to court essentially to try to contest and overturn the results of an election that has now been certified.

We are well prepared. We even proposed a postponement before the candidate registration period closed.

We have a model that's very acquisitive and we are looking at a number of acquisition candidates and we will continue,

We could not have found a better candidate to lead our marketing efforts as the company phases up operations, ... Alicia will oversee our marketing team, shaping and articulating the company's image on a widespread basis, especially as we follow through on our growth strategy over the next few months.

Rebecca Jones

We were having difficulty recruiting qualified police officers, and we felt this policy may have prevented some good candidates from applying.

You are going to have candidates going into their hotel suites to watch the returns, knowing that anything could happen.

You are going to get candid responses. A lot of people don't know they are using a pesticide -- like weed-and-feed products or Round-Up. I've heard people say they didn't think that is a pesticide.

We've had concerns about the recent election where over 1,000 candidates were disqualified from running and there were many allegations of election fraud and interference,

We have communicated to the music-director candidates the current situation. It's our intention, as long as we are able to operate the season, to have those candidates come in.

We have candidates for seven of the nine races. None of these candidates are sacrificial lambs. They can all win.

Voters in the West are a neglected constituency. Presidential candidates have a responsibility to know the entire American family.

Voters elect candidates because they understand the issues rather than engage in leftwing fantasies.

Roy Blunt

Law enforcement officials have been candid in identifying ways officers could have handled the situation in Ferguson better, and I trust those recommendations will be helpful as we continue to count on them to protect us.

Mark McKinnon

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over everything, including the number, the format, the qualifications, and the moderators. And they've become a circus.

Mark McKinnon

Donors, like voters, increasingly expect candidates to exercise fiscal discipline.

Mark McKinnon

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

We don't consider him to be a legitimate Republican candidate and won't debate him.

Will Adams

We do not customarily endorse congressional candidates and we did not in this case.