Tip O Neill Quotes & Sayings

Tip, if I had a ticket to heaven and you didn't have one too, I would give mine away and go to hell with you.

Ronald Reagan — Chris Matthews

Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill. — Ronald Reagan

Remember, failing to plan is planning to fail. — Ross Elkins

The United States Congress ordered an end to the bombing of Cambodia in August 1973. By that time American aircraft had dropped about 2.75 million tons of ordnance, causing massive carnage that has never been fully documented or accounted for. Yet Congress's ban was enacted not out of concern for the Cambodian victims. As Representative Tip O'Neill said during the floor debate, "Cambodia is not worth the life of one American flier." The — Joel Brinkley

The government shut down 12 times under Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill. It was only shut down twice while I was speaker. — Newt Gingrich

In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone. — James Wolcott

Now I proudly call myself a feminist. If Tip O'Neill were alive today, I might even tell him that I'm a pom-pom girl for feminism. I hope more women, and men, will join me in accepting this distinguished label. Currently, only 24 percent of women in the United States say that they consider themselves feminists. Yet when offered a more specific definition of feminism - "A feminist is someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes" - the percentage of women who agree rises to 65 percent.16 That's a big move in the right direction. — Sheryl Sandberg

When it comes to giving tax breaks to the wealthy of this country, the President has a heart of gold. — Tip O'Neill

Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king. — Tip O'Neill

He's a beautiful man, but I'm sorry he doesn't agree with my political philosophy

Tip O'Neill on Ronald Reagan — Chris Matthews

don't belong to Abnegation, or Dauntless, or even the Divergent. I don't belong to the Bureau or the experiment or the fringe. I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me - they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could. I — Veronica Roth

The Democratic Party has succeeded so well that many of its members are now Republicans. — Tip O'Neill

In my fifty years of public life, I have never seen a man [Ronald Reagan] more popular with the American people — Tip O'Neill

He's cutting the heart out of the American dream to own a home and have a good job ... and still he's popular

Tip O'Neill on Ronald Reagan — Chris Matthews

After all, it's not where a man lands that marks his punishment. Its how far he falls. — Tip O'Neill

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine. — Heinz R. Pagels

If I swung the gavel the way I swung that golf club, the nation would be in a helluva mess. — Tip O'Neill

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness. — Thomas Mann

I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Now that [Reagan's] place in history is secure, [liberals] are trying to remake him. A pernicious myth is that Reagan and Tip O'Neill were great friends. — Craig Shirley

There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer. — Angela Carter

In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way. — John Thorn

Never kick a man when he's up. — Tip O'Neill

The evil is in the White House at the present time. — Tip O'Neill

Rock & roll is a type of sensuous music unfit for impressionable minds. — Tip O'Neill

We're going to lose Social Security and Medicare if Republicans and Democrats do not come together and find a solution like Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill. I will be the Ronald Reagan if I can find a Tip O'Neill. — Lindsey Graham

It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff - as much stuff as possible - with as little fear as possible. It's much, much better to wind up with a lot of crap having tried it than to overthink in the beginning and not do it. — Stefan Sagmeister

Softly and kindly remind yourself, 'I cannot own anything.' It is a valuable thought to keep in mind as you struggle to improve your financial picture, worry about investments, and plan how to acquire more and more. It is a universal principle which you are part of. You must release everything when you truly awaken. Are you letting your life go by in frustration and worry over not having enough? If so, relax and remember that you only get what you have for a short period of time. When you awaken you will see the folly of being attached to anything. — Wayne Dyer

You can teach an old dog new tricksif the old dog wants to learn. — Tip O'Neill

Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend. — John Marsden