American Quotes

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures.

I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

Democracy derailed is democracy denied.

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.

But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies.

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.

The women all want to dance. I dance all night every night.

Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.

No one on this Earth knows how old I am.

I'm known clean around the Earth.

Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn and in Long Island.

When I was initially charged I still thought I was not guilty because I had followed the rules.

There are people who look at the rules and find ways to structure around them. The more complex the rules, the more opportunities.

The question I should have asked is not what is the rule, but what is the principle.

Mark-to-market accounting is like crack. Don't do it.

I'm ashamed of what I did.

I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison sentence that you are about to impose and will serve it without bitterness.

I was extremely greedy and lost my moral compass.

I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.

I believe I was extremely greedy.

Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too.

There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it's hard to see, it's important to understand that these people exist.

I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.

I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between.