Joe Scarborough Quotes & Sayings

There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil. — Joe Scarborough

When I'm in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town. — Joe Scarborough

I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible. — Joe Scarborough

In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences. — Joe Scarborough

With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment. — Joe Scarborough

My wife always tells people, 'He's not going to be able run to for anything because I'm not going to let him start a campaign.' — Joe Scarborough

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. — Joe Scarborough

Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops. — Joe Scarborough

I'm serious about this. The Republican Party needs to reform or die. President Bush did three things. He destroyed the Republican majority, he crippled the American conservative movement and he weakened the country. That's a hell of a trifecta. — Joe Scarborough

Washington is Hollywood for ugly people. — Joe Scarborough

Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. — Joe Scarborough

Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth. — Joe Scarborough

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes. — Joe Scarborough

You gotta choose what battles you can win. — Joe Scarborough

I got to do something I never do, which is go to Starbucks and read 'The New York Times' until 7 a.m. I took my daughter to school on the East Side, which was a lot of fun. And I admit I played Call of Duty, one of those war video games. — Joe Scarborough

The fact is, there are a couple of years he may not have paid any taxes. Maybe he's concerned about that. But if it's going to come out, he needs to get it out now so he has a couple of months to explain it. — Joe Scarborough

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC. — Joe Scarborough

Nate Silver says this is a 73.6 percent chance that the president is going to win? Nobody in that campaign thinks they have a 73 percent chance - they think they have a 50.1 percent chance of winning. And you talk to the Romney people, it's the same thing. And anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a tossup right now is such an ideologue, they should be kept away from typewriters, computers, laptops and microphones for the next 10 days, because they're jokes. — Joe Scarborough

The Republican Party needs to reform or die. President Bush did three things. He destroyed the Republican majority, he crippled the American conservative movement and he weakened the country. — Joe Scarborough

When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy Kennedy sent me this Roy Lichtenstein print of his brother, inscribed: 'Bobby would have been proud of you.' — Joe Scarborough

Unfortunately, I've gotten so conditioned, it's hard to sleep past 4 a.m. — Joe Scarborough

Good rule to follow: never reward someone's incivility by giving them the headline they seek. — Joe Scarborough

This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire. — Joe Scarborough

Look what's happened to Barack Obama over the last two years or George Bush for eight. It's a blood sport. But at some point I may feel the need to run for office again. — Joe Scarborough

I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton. — Joe Scarborough

I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants. — Joe Scarborough

[S]ince their candidate lost, many [Democrats] have allowed their hatred of George W. Bush to put them in the tragic position to be cheering for the same result in Iraq as Osama Bin Laden and al Zarqawi. — Joe Scarborough

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks. — Joe Scarborough

For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. — Joe Scarborough

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically. — Joe Scarborough

I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic. — Joe Scarborough

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before. — Joe Scarborough

They'd rather see Scooby Doo or Spongebob than Daddy talking about the latest Wall Street Journal editorial. You do what you have to do to get your kids ready for school. — Joe Scarborough

If you don't have a hologram, how can you understand what's going on in the news? Right? Am I right? — Joe Scarborough

If Washington continues to fumble issues like taking care of the debt, getting the troops home, and rebuilding our economy, my wife and I may sit down and say, 'These are critical things and maybe we need to get back in the ball.' — Joe Scarborough

A distinguished historian has said that one of the most valuable things about history is that it teaches us how things do not happen. — Joe Scarborough