"Cynics about government find much to be cynical about."

-- Alice Rivlin

#Government Quotes #Cynical Quotes

“Anything that we think is incredible and beautiful and wonderful, we ascribe to something that we don't know what it is.”
“Fear and creativity don't mix well.”
“If you want results, they don't come for free.”
“Textbook survival says stay still, don't take any chances, wait for rescue. That's a boring TV show. My thing was always, "Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!"”
“I have these guilty pleasures, these failed films that don't work at all, but I'll watch them if they're on. Like 'The Game.”
“It's not how good you are it's how good you want to be”
“No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.”

Source : "Defense Nominee Hagel Defends His Record in Senate" by Donna Cassata, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 31, 2013.
“I don't send messages, I'm not a fax machine”

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