Ribicoff Quotes & Sayings

The thing that got Daley mad," one of the delegates said later, "was that Ribicoff had been ass-kissing him just a day or two before. He came over and pushed for McGovern to our delegation and made a big speech about what a great guy Daley was. Then he got up there and played the hero for the TV cameras."
Daley was on his feet, his arms waiving, his mouth working. The words were lost in the uproar, but it was later asserted by Mayday, an almost-underground Washington paper, that a lip-reader had determined that he said: "Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy motherfucker, go home. — Mike Royko

I simply want you to give to yourself as much as you give of yourself. By taking care of yourself financially, you will truly be able to take care of those you love. — Suze Orman

THE MISCONCEPTION: When you can't explain something, you focus on what you can prove. THE TRUTH: When you are unsure of something, you are more likely to accept strange explanations. — David McRaney

I've been around the track a lot. I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back. — Abraham A. Ribicoff

Ethical teaching is weakened if it is tied up with dogmas that will not bear examination. — Margaret E. Knight

Blindur er boklaus madur - Blind is the bookless man. — Christina Sunley

When we are doing nothing in particula, it is then that we are living through all our being. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Anyone who's lived has lost somebody. — David Baldacci

If you make a mistake, it doesn't mean you're a mistake. — Joyce Meyer

He heard bombs exploding like fireworks, and as if in a dream his father's face flashed before him, wanting to know what Alexander was doing near death's door before it was his time. He said, Dad, I'm going for her. — Paullina Simons

My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education. — Abraham A. Ribicoff

I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it. — Abraham A. Ribicoff

Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true. — Abraham A. Ribicoff

You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book. — Abraham A. Ribicoff

Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none. — Abraham A. Ribicoff

Once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it. — Jonathan Safran Foer

One thing I began to realize in my travels was that everyone I met who was truly successful - whether in business, in philanthropic work, in human rights, in government, or in raising a family - shared one common trait: they were fanatically passionate about the work they did. — Wes Moore

For some people, you know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, really the stars, they've got a passion. They eat, drink and breathe radio, and I'm not like that. I used to think I wanted to be. But I need to be away from it, too, and that's the difference, I think. — Tom Bodett