Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Dowd

It shows the public rewards leaders. If you lead and say 'this is what we want to do,' even if you don't succeed in the short run, the public will support you. The public supports infrastructure improvements and they see the governor leading.

Gary Johnson

I had a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' experience as governor.

Horace Walpole

Our supreme governors, the mob.

If he was going to do something, he'd have to do it before then. I don't know that it's likely the governor will be making any pardons.

A tax increase is a tax increase. We do not want the governor to include any of them in the budget.

At a time when the governor will be promoting austerity, it would be inappropriate for him politically to, at the same time, spend a lot of money.

A special session may be premature, ... Do we have enough votes to do some of this? Is the governor willing to sign a sales tax abeyance into law?

This is still a legal matter and I think it would be the wrong time for the governor to weigh in. Let's let the legal system work.

This is obviously a very important decision. The appointment will be made in a timely fashion, but the governor will give the process the time it needs.

This governor has always been out there more than other governors.

This is a small, humble step the governor has taken to demonstrate that everyone can take small steps to save energy.

This is a real sign of how terribly weak the governor is.

The remarks are insensitive and intemperate. The governor has spoken to Mayor James, and he is reviewing the situation.

This is the state of Wisconsin. It is very important to our reputation, what we are trying to project, and yet our governor is silent.

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.

And Governor Riley has worked ever since then to implement it.

George Pataki

I'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

Everything is moving very quickly, and the governor is very pleased.

Bob Riley

The results today are conclusive. You're looking at the next governor of Alabama, ... There reaches a point when all of us have to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough.' We've reached that point.

Sometimes the governors of Montana and Wyoming agree, and sometimes they disagree. There's still a long way to go in the process.

Even though the governor's proposal isn't everything we wanted, it's the first time a governor ever made a proposal like this.

The state is paying Bostwick (Irrigation District) $2.5 million to purchase water. The governor is doing it so he can look good. A better use of $2.5 million would be putting it into engineering and infrastructure.

These are the records from Governor Bush's administration going all the way back to the back wall.

Howard Dean

There will soon be a Hispanic governor in the state of Texas. There are people sitting in this room who will run for governor.

Michael Brown

I very strongly personally regret that I was unable to persuade Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin to sit down, get over their differences and work together. I just couldn't pull that off.

Michael Chertoff

I understand there are frustrations here, ... As the governor has acknowledged, we can't always get to people what we hope to get and as quickly as we hope to do it.

Ronnie Milsap

I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.

In some locations, it's hard to recruit nurses, thus the need for overtime. The underlying issue is there aren't enough nurses in Illinois, so that's what the governor is working to address.

Danielle Brooks

In South Carolina, there's a lot of arts programs. So I was blessed enough to go to the Governor School For Arts & Humanities.

I know there is only one Governor Of Deities.

E. P. Thompson

I know the governor supports the use of most supplements and vitamins that are safe. But there needs to be differentiation between supplements that are harmful and those that aren't.

I know the governor loves to dance. I have never seen him clog before, however.