Bob Kerrey Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 21 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Bob Kerrey.
Famous Quotes By Bob Kerrey
I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts. — Bob Kerrey
When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority. — Bob Kerrey
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. — Bob Kerrey
The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary. — Bob Kerrey
But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done. — Bob Kerrey
It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election. — Bob Kerrey
Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator. — Bob Kerrey
The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here. — Bob Kerrey
When I say be skeptical of everything I mean it. Just because someone was elected to do a job doesn't mean that person has any idea of what they're doing. — Bob Kerrey
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast. — Bob Kerrey
If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is. — Bob Kerrey
Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing. — Bob Kerrey
A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it. — Bob Kerrey
I've been a Yankees fan since I was six. — Bob Kerrey