Proxmire Quotes & Sayings

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. — William Proxmire

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ben Says: A small step each day leads to big results in your life. What you do today can better you tomorrow. — Timothy Pina

Bill Proxmire represents almost the last of one of America's most remarkable generations. — Walter F. Mondale

It's hard enougth to find intelligent life right here in Washington! — William Proxmire

I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed. — William Proxmire

One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas. — Robert Byrne

The FDA and much, but not all, of the orthodox medical profession are actively hostile against vitamins and minerals ... They are out to get the health food industry ... And they are trying to do this out of active hostility and prejudice. — William Proxmire

The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit. — William Proxmire

The person that works the hardest wins. — Will Smith

As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy. — William Proxmire

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. — William Proxmire

Here is Senator Russell in a colloquy on the Senate floor with Senator Proxmire: There is something about preparing for destruction that causes men to be more careless in spending money than they would be if they were building for constructive purposes. Why that is so I do not know; but I have observed, over a period of almost thirty years in the Senate, that there is something about buying arms with which to kill, to destroy, to wipe out cities, and to obliterate great transportation systems which causes men not to reckon the dollar cost as closely as they do when they think about proper housing and the care of the health of human beings. — Paul A. Baran

If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat — Steven Wright

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. — Ronald Reagan

The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big. — William Proxmire

Emerson:bite me Whitne:you wish — Meg Cabot

I don't have to sympathize or empathize with a human being in order to be able to portray them. I mean, some of the greatest roles that actors have been able to play haven't been the most endearing on screen. — Dustin Lance Black

The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy. — William Proxmire

Aren't we all striving to be overpaid for what we do? — Will Ferrell

The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards. — William Proxmire

Write what you'd like to read. — Chuck Palahniuk

Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my
revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of
consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation
to death - and I refuse suicide. — Albert Camus

I doubt if there is any occupation which is more consistently and unfairly demeaned, degraded, denounced, and deplored than banking. — William Proxmire

The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is voting for the other guy. — William Proxmire

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not a choice. You must take it. The only question is how. — Henry Ward Beecher

Oh cozy horror." ~Clara — Deborah Noyes