Hamilton Jordan famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.
-- Hamilton Jordan -
If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security, then I would say we failed. And I'd quit.
-- Hamilton Jordan
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
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I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry beds, at anchor for ever. Today is my son's birthday. Thousands of miles from here, his healthy lungs are blowing out candles. I should be there but I'm here with another boy, who puts his face close to mine and laughs. I smile back but realise he can't see it, because I'm wearing an antiseptic muzzles to protect me from his breath.
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They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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If you're a guy, you have absolutely no idea what's going on at any time in the relationship, ever. Here's what you know: you know when you're getting laid, and you know when it's all over. Those are the only two things you're aware of.
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One day in the shower, you figure it out. It's a special day in a man's life. I was like, 'Oh, I found me a hobby.'
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
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The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.
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