Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" We must make the masses understand that we have a responsibility to care for our animals and that when things get messed up, it's usually because human hands have caused it. "

Tony Cardenas

Animals

Hands

Related Quotes:

" Priests and nuns actually meditated. It's not religious. It's about centering yourself. "

" I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office. "

" It's not up to one individual to decide, 'I'm going to dictate the outcome of what's going to happen legislatively.' That is not a democracy; it's an atrocity. "

Tony Cardenas

Going

Individual

" No living being should have to endure conditions that you wouldn't put on your worst enemy. "

" Every day, opportunities within the hemisphere go untapped, and millions of dollars are lost simply because companies do not know where to begin if they want to expand into new territories and grow their business. "

" Satisfying a profit motive must never be the reason for law enforcement, and it certainly must never be allowed to support the seizure of personal property by those who we trust to protect and defend our nation and our Constitution. "

" When we act ignorant as a community, we are not doing the right thing. "

Tony Cardenas

Doing The Right Thing

Community

Doing

" I meditate, and I try to do that twice a day. "

" I think it's not up to Congress to dictate what the right amount of diversity is, but I think it's Congress' place to ask the question, to any industry, in talking about what's going on out there. Is there a lack of preparation of the community to be ready to be involved in that industry? "

" The American people are happy to help small businesses grow, but paying fines for multi-millionaires, subsidizing bad behavior, should not be the responsibility of American taxpayers. "

" To truly utilize the full potential of every person in our nation, our laws and representation must track the needs, concerns, and goals of the Latino community. "

" Who cannot appreciate the smell of bacon? It smells good, but I never want to grab a bite. "

" As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventually you're going to find it. "

" Meditation is about getting to a place where you're approaching things in a more calm, centering place rather than allowing yourself to get caught up in it. "

" When you have 20 nominations - 20 names on the nomination list of best actor, supporting actor and actress, etc., and there's absolutely no representation of color whatsoever, I think that's a subset of perhaps a bigger problem. "

" My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do. "

" California's redistricting process creates a historic opportunity for Valley Latinos to have a strong and unified voice in Congress for the first time. The opportunity to be the Valley's first Latino Congressional representative is humbling, and I'm proud that so many diverse leaders have come together to support this campaign. "

" Every time I got paid, I would give my parents money. I would save some money, and I would have a little money to spend. "

" I love chocolate, and I love ice cream. That's a double whammy there. I constantly have to check myself and say, 'I've already had dessert today.' "

" I think, with Wi-Fi, we'll make L.A. a better place for our constituents. "

" When millions of law-abiding people achieve citizenship, our communities benefit, and the U.S. economy grows and strengthens. "

" I don't eat pork or beef. I cut that out when my father passed away about 20 years ago. I wanted to modify my diet because he passed away from diabetes. And, you know, it's very hereditary. "

" When you see the horrible conditions that these animals live in, you wonder why operators of puppy mills have gone undetected for so long. "

" Our kids have to understand that drinking underage is a poor decision that could drastically affect their chances to achieve the goals they've set. "

" My father worked with a first-grade education in this country and managed every single day without a hiccup. "

" My parents didn't speak English. They learned it little by little. They realized that education was the ticket to a better future in their own rudimentary way. They kept the house clean, kept us on the straight and narrow, and none of us ever got into trouble with the law. "

" No candidate can become president without the Latino vote. "

" Comcast is a big voice: they have a tremendous voice across America; they're a tremendous voice in Spanish and English, and they have a tremendous voice in Washington. "

" I have recently taken on two major challenges: running the CHC BOLD PAC and serving Los Angeles as our voice on the Energy and Commerce Committee. "