Best Gowdy Quotes & Sayings

I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source. — Trey Gowdy

It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some Thursday afternoon games, we'd get 25,000 fans. That was remarkable. This has always been a great Red Sox city. — Curt Gowdy

Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern. — Trey Gowdy

Genesee beer. The great outdoors in a glass. — Curt Gowdy

I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do. — Trey Gowdy

Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not. — Trey Gowdy

I was never a 'homer', a broadcaster who cheers the home team. Some fans don't like that. But my job wasn't to cheer. My job was to broadcast the game. — Curt Gowdy

Whether I caught fish or not, just the thrill of rolling out that line and watching my fly turn over has been good enough for me. That and the hundreds of treasured memories I have of this wonderful sport. — Curt Gowdy

Gowdy had a love affair with the microphone and the fans had a love affair with him. American sports fans truly lost an icon, a legend who never felt he was bigger than anyone else. He had that humility that made him special, and he made everyone feel like they were so important. — Dick Vitale

What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for it, other than a damaged brand. — Trey Gowdy

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor. — Trey Gowdy

There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus. — Trey Gowdy

You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti. — Trey Gowdy

It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can't pay an American to pick blueberries. — Trey Gowdy

What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part? — Trey Gowdy

What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy? — Trey Gowdy

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest. — Trey Gowdy

I am not surprised that the President of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised that Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said that Benghazi happened 'a long time ago.' I'm just surprised at how many people bought it. — Trey Gowdy

The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction. — Trey Gowdy

I don't think the president had anything to do with Fast and Furious. I'm not sure Eric Holder did, which leads to a conversation about whether he should have known about it. — Trey Gowdy

There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job. — Trey Gowdy

There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes. — Trey Gowdy

The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption. — Trey Gowdy

October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep. — Trey Gowdy

I would love the chance to ask follow-up questions of Susan Rice because David Gregory apparently did not avail himself of that opportunity. Greta, I just listened to the clip - I get tougher questions in the Bojangles drive-through than he asked her. — Trey Gowdy

Unless your name is Jack Bauer, you cannot make people talk. — Trey Gowdy

The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law! — Trey Gowdy

While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts. — Trey Gowdy

I thought it was terrible. I don't know who to believe. Williams was very loyal and honest. Nobody could ever say different. Sometimes, that got him into a lot of trouble. But after he died and they cut his head off, that made me sick. — Curt Gowdy

I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern. — Trey Gowdy