Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results. "

Related Quotes:

" I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.' "

" We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done. "

" With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class. "

" Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. "

" Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away. "

" I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally. "

" Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed. "

" The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas. "

" Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. "

" Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional. "

" Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented. "

" Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. "

" I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.' "

" My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren. "

" Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families. "

" But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. "

" I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us. "

" My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. "

" I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't. "

" I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less. "

" I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. "

" I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.' "

" I know about raising money. "

" Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well. "

The Right Thing

" My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it. "

" Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs. "

" We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility. "

" They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. "

Republican Party

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan. "