Shelley Moore Capito famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Those old adages - you attract more with honey; do unto others - are true. You can get attention by being acerbic or mean or making a bizarre comment. But by being nice, being empathetic, building relationships and listening, people begin to recognize that you're thoughtful and respectful of their position.
-- Shelley Moore Capito

#Nice #Mean #Thoughtful
The president's come out with rules that say 'no new coal-fired power plants,â€™
-- Shelley Moore Capito

#President #Coal #Plant
Violence against women is not random or anonymous. In West Virginia, 88 percent of sexual-assault victims already know their attacker. In my hometown, Alicia McCormick, an advocate for our domestic-violence shelter at the YWCA, was killed in her home by a man doing handiwork in her apartment complex. That one of my greatest advocates could fall victim to something she fought against her whole life was a tragedy that moved me to action.
-- Shelley Moore Capito

#Fall #Home #Men
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if youre not playing by the rules, youre taking a big risk.
-- Shelley Moore Capito

#Decision #Risk #Matter
My solution would be to bridge the skills gap, such as coal to gas training, you have to give people a sense of hope that they have the tools to be able to diversify and stay in the community where they wish to live.
-- Shelley Moore Capito

#Bridges #Skills #People

I had a nice read on the putt and I said to myself, 'This is for you, Jesus, ' and knocked it in.
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.
Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?
Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
We two remake our world by naming it / Together, knowing what words mean for us / And for the other for whom current coin / Is cold speech--but we say, the tree, the pool, / And see the fire in the air, the sun, our sun, / Anybody's sun, the world's sun, but here, now / Particularly our sun....
There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.
Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.
I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

Shelley Moore Capito famous quotes

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