Brian Cowen famous quotes

I was reared in a pub - as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I think it gave me a great insight into people.
-- Brian Cowen

#School #Thinking #People

There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!.
-- Brian Cowen

#Couple #President #Clinton

I think it is fair to say that 2007 represents a turning point for the Irish economy.
-- Brian Cowen

#Thinking #Economy

Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as high if you didn't have the problem, it does mean that people say 'well he used his authority to come up with a solution in double-quick time that met with broader public acceptance.
-- Brian Cowen

#Mean #Acceptance #Issues

We have seen already how resistant public opinion is, firstly to comprehension of the new paradigm in which we have to operate; and secondly, to the rationale behind the decisions we have had to take.
-- Brian Cowen

#Decision #Public Opinion #Rationale

I believe it is the best method to get the buy-in for the road we have to travel. I believe it is a problem-solving process about how we collectively come forward with a strategy to deal with the issue.
-- Brian Cowen

#Believe #Issues #Problem

As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit...as I believe in, based on my philosophy.
-- Brian Cowen

#Running #Philosophy #Believe

I've come up through the ranks of this parliamentary party and let me tell you the principles that have guided me on that journey since my first election 25 years ago: Loyalty to the party, service to our country and a determination to always do my best for the people. They are principles that still guide me.
-- Brian Cowen

#Loyalty #Country #Determination

We've seen in terms of the reaction to some proposals in the Budget already how resistant that public opinion is to, first of all, a public comprehension of the new paradigm in which we have to operate; and secondly, to the rationale for the decisions that we're taking and the reason for those decisions to be implemented and followed through.
-- Brian Cowen

#Decision #Public Opinion #Rationale

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.

Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.

But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.

Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. . . . Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense." --Sam Seaborne, West Wing

Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.

Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.

Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.

God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.