Bill Richardson Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 52 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Bill Richardson.
Famous Quotes By Bill Richardson
President Clinton is going to embrace President Obama, as he should. They are working together. They're different kinds of people. Obama is cool, Clinton is a schmoozer. Both are great speakers. It's a great merging of the party. — Bill Richardson
I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years. I think there's a possibility that the voters are going to send the message that everybody running - Congress, the Senate, the presidency - that they want us to come together. — Bill Richardson
Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities. — Bill Richardson
Few needs are more pressing, or more deserving of our attention, than taking care of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. — Bill Richardson
And so we became who we are: gentle and bookish and ever so slightly confused. It is not a bad way to be, when all is said and done. — Bill Richardson
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq. — Bill Richardson
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. — Bill Richardson
The rocket that goes up next March will not only lift a payload, it will launch what I believe will ultimately be the most significant commercial space facility in the country, ... This launch will be a brilliant signal flare that will let the nation and the world know New Mexico's spaceport is open for business. We can now say with certainty that the dream of this spaceport launching a new era in New Mexico's aerospace industry will become reality. — Bill Richardson
I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory. — Bill Richardson
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world. — Bill Richardson
We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner. — Bill Richardson
We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals. — Bill Richardson
Below us lay a valley white with snow. It was criss-crossed with lines, like a great cupped palm. But not even an expert seer would have had time to read the story of our future. Before we could get our bearings, my feet had quit the ground. Suddenly we were airborne and flying fast, carving a path between the rolling snow below and the glittering galaxies above. — Bill Richardson
we all know he pays hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we are going to be paying hundreds of dollars for his flip flops~ Dem Convention 2008 — Bill Richardson
Had I stayed longer in some primaries, I would have probably done better in states like Nevada, California, and New Mexico - but I ran out of the money after the second primary in New Hampshire. — Bill Richardson
I think the Democratic Party is about family, about unity, about bringing people together. We're all in this together. We're all trying to rebuild the economy together. — Bill Richardson
Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care and education, safer at home, positive themes. And respected abroad
a foreign policy with alliances. — Bill Richardson
Driver's licenses & scholarships for illegals; not amnesty. — Bill Richardson
I love Thanksgiving. I truly do. Every last thing about it is wonderful. I love getting together with family and friends. I love the meal. I love the football. I love the four-day weekend without having anything that particularly has to get done. And of course, I love the fundamental idea behind it-giving thanks for all the good people and good things in your life. — Bill Richardson
It was as if that day was so dark that my mind folded in on itself, protectively, the way a daisy will at night. — Bill Richardson
I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference. — Bill Richardson
I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite. — Bill Richardson
John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we're the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops. — Bill Richardson
I'm not a big believer in doing things unilaterally. I'm a big believer in opening up a dialogue and figuring out how we can make something work for all people. — Bill Richardson
I say I have made it a rule not to preach. However, anyone who is 101 has earned the right to break her own rules. Once in a while, at least. And so, I am going to give you one piece of advice. Pause once a day and relish the moment. Look around. Notice the colours, the smells and the sounds. Take them in, for that moment will pass and no one can say what the next moment will bring. I know this better than most. — Bill Richardson
When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a film that bypasses the brain and aims straight for the heart ... should automatically be heaped with scorn. I think it is symptomatic of a sad and dangerous impoverishment of spirit. — Bill Richardson
As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy. — Bill Richardson
The conversation progressed, bumper-car style, to a very heated discussion about death and the survival of the soul. It amazes me that we, as a species, can argue so fervently over something that is, when all is said and done, unknowable and unprovable. Nonetheless, we all arrive at conclusions and cleave to our certainties: that there is nothing but the Void; or that we will find ourselves writing an admissions exam at the Pearly Gates. — Bill Richardson
Meeting a dragon is like falling in love. Even though you have never experienced it before, you will know when it has happened. — Bill Richardson
I am now a member of the private sector. I'm happy. I've got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot. — Bill Richardson
The United States is for a two-state solution. The United States wants to see the Israelis and Palestinians come together. — Bill Richardson
Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist. — Bill Richardson
Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business. — Bill Richardson
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education. — Bill Richardson
We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together. — Bill Richardson
Recognizing and preventing men's health problems is not just a man's issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men's health is truly a family issue. — Bill Richardson
I don't have all the answers. I need your help, your guidance, and your leadership to tackle the challenges before us. — Bill Richardson
The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year. — Bill Richardson
You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up. — Bill Richardson
Natural gas is the future. It is here. — Bill Richardson
I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today. — Bill Richardson
Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot. — Bill Richardson
Fracking is doable if there's full disclosure of all chemicals used. Secondly, science dictates the policy rather than politics. Third, there's collaboration between environmental groups and the natural gas industry. — Bill Richardson
The heart, I think, which is the home of all things rhythmic, is where learned poems go to live. — Bill Richardson
So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do. What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them. — Bill Richardson
Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time. — Bill Richardson
President Clinton will, I think, lift everyone's spirit. He was a good president, an economic, balanced budget president. And President Obama, I believe, has been a very good president, too, and we will get reelected. You watch. — Bill Richardson
We're a superpower with a Third World grid. — Bill Richardson