Jimmy Hoffa Quotes

But to hear Kennedy when he was grandstanding in front of the McClellan Committee you might have thought I was making as much out of the pension fund as the Kennedys made out of selling whiskey. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

More apparent to Teamster members than any moral lapses were the tangible gains that had been steadily realized under Hoffa since his advent to power. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

I do to others what they do to me, only worse. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

To paraphrase the disappeared Jimmy Hoffa, who certainly didn't go down in history for his foolish worries: "Eighty-five percent of what you worry about won't ever come to pass. And you can always deal with that other fifteen percent." Of course, look what happened to Jimmy Hoffa. ~ M.A. Harper

Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political junkies, got shot in the head for his efforts, murdered in Dallas by some hapless geek named Oswald who worked for either Castro, the mob, Jimmy Hoffa, the CIA, his dominatrix landlady or the odious, degenerate FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. The list is long and crazy - maybe Marilyn Monroe's first husband fired those shots from the grassy knoll. Who knows? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

It has to be considered damned unusual that no other union was ever investigated. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

In the ten years I was president of the Teamsters, I had raised the membership from eight hundred thousand to more than 2 million and made it the largest single labor union the world. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike? ~ Jimmy Hoffa

But because we are financially solid, because we do have an organization that is equipped to handle any situation that comes in front of us, we are successful in getting from the employers what are members want and need without strikes. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

From 1955 until 1965 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as Elvis Presley. From 1965 until 1975 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as the Beatles. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

Rome wasn't built in a day, but man, did they get a break on the labor. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

Run from a knife and rush a gun. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

Jacques Cousteau, the last man to see Jimmy Hoffa. Never got a dinner! ~ Red Buttons

In the old days all you needed was a handshake. Nowadays you need forty lawyers. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

When you go to prison they forget it's your Constitution, too. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

You almost had to live through it to really know the gut ripping misery of the depression during the early thirties which led to labor's bloodiest and most violent days. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember ~ Jimmy Hoffa

The only other consistent thing in Billy's life was his father. Billy didn't call him that though. He'd always called him Pop. Billy's Pop would have laughed at all that career day stuff. Pop didn't have crazy hair but Billy was pretty sure he was a genius. Pop told him stuff they didn't let you in on at school, like how there was supposed to be future stuff already, like moving sidewalks and monorails and jetpacks. Pop told him that the government had lied and screwed people out of all that stuff and the only reason we ever went to the moon was to bury Jimmy Hoffa up there. ~ Jesse James Freeman

I've said consistently that no employer ever really accepts a union. They tolerate the unions. The very minute they can get a pool of unemployment they'll challenge the unions and try to get back what they call managements prerogatives, meaning hire, fire, pay what you want. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

When we're done with employer-based health insurance, it will have as much life in it as Jimmy Hoffa. ~ Jonathan Gruber

We never had any silk sheets in our family ... ~ Jimmy Hoffa

I don't need a bodyguard. ~ Jimmy Hoffa

Barack Obama and Jimmy Hoffa are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Lady Gaga and hype, the 'Jersey Shore' cast and hairspray: inseparable. The president can no more disown the Teamsters Union's leader than he can disown his own id. ~ Michelle Malkin

Former New York Governor George Pataki may enter the race for president. It's not definite, but he tweeted that he'll announce his 2016 plans on May 28 in New Hampshire. Well, what's he gonna do, go to New Hampshire to say he's NOT running? That's like getting down on one knee and saying, 'I think it's time to see other people.' ~ Jimmy Fallon

She didn't say, you didn't say, nobody said! ~ Jimmy Tudeski

I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among my different business, professional and political interests. ~ Jimmy Carter

I wish I could say I was a victim but I willingly played into the devil's hands. My reasons weren't always right and my justifications weren't just, but my weaknesses were common. ~ Jimmy Gleacher

Thank you ... fantasy football draft, for letting me know that even in my fantasies, I am bad at sports. ~ Jimmy Fallon

I'm Jake Exum," he said. "This is my brother Jimmy. Until now we been homeschooled."
"Mama expelled us," Jimmy added. ~ Sheila Turnage

Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default. ~ Chevy Chase

I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it. ~ Jimmy Page

Two problems of our country - energy and malaise. ~ Jimmy Carter

I'm in a hallowed league of artists. Whether it's Billie Holiday or Rakim or Jimmy Hendrix or ... I don't know, MGMT, we're all blessed to be able to create. It's a lineage that extends a long time. And to be able to be active in it and have made a difference in it, it's humbling. To know I had a place in all of this; that's the rewarding part. ~ Q-Tip

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.' ~ Jimmy Piersall

Rand Paul is taking a week-long break from talking to the media to spend time with his family before he officially announces that he is running for president. Because nothing motivates you to be on the road for two straight years like a week alone with your family. ~ Jimmy Fallon

Prince decided to move from Minneapolis to Toronto. Jimmy Jam told me that they were living there now. ~ Rick Dees

Sometimes I want to yell on this track; I want to yell the whole song, and I don't think nothing's wrong with that, but the older generation feel like you can't. ~ Slim Jimmy

I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him. ~ Pete Rose

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. ~ Jimmy Carter

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern. ~ Jimmy Connors

When Barlinnie's Prison doctor, Dr Danson, came to see Dingus, he turned in disgust at the state Dingus was left to lie in. Doctor Danson refused to treat him as he knew Dingus's injuries were life threatening, he told the top warden that Dingus would need to be rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for emergency surgery. The screws in the seg block refused to listen to the doctor, they pushed and manhandled their own doctor out of Dingus's cell and threatened him with a severe beating if he made anything public about Dingus's injuries. ~ Stephen Richards

I loved being on stage with heroes of mine, like Gregg Edelman and Jimmy Walton, and the lovely Chita Rivera and Stephanie J. Block. ~ Will Chase

I believe it's our responsibility as citizens to get in there and not accept the constant failure of prisons to deal with racism, lack of privilege, and impoverishment - not accept any of that. Just get in there! ~ Jimmy Santiago Baca

A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true. ~ Jimmy Carr

We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on. ~ Jimmy Piersall

With me, traveling for work is arriving at the airport, checking into the hotel, leaving the hotel the next morning at 4 or 5 to do something like 'The Jimmy and Jackie Captain Crazy Morning Zoo,' doing a bunch of those in a row, then going back to the hotel, and then finally going to the club. ~ Gilbert Gottfried

I've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and I'd be in the front row and stand up. That gets people talking about you. ~ Jimmy Webb

I have like fifteen televisions in my house. ~ Jimmy Kimmel

My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going. ~ Billy Joe Saunders

I was having a field day down the Westend; my deep pockets were jingling and full of money nearly every day of the week. My brother's bird, Irene, wanted a fur coat, so I got her one by throwing a brick through the shop window and grabbing the coat off the shop dummy. Once I got to the bed-sit, I put the jacket on and waltzed in to the flat looking like Liberace, the two of them burst out laughing. Irene was like a tramp eating chips.
'Let's try it on, Jimmy, please?'
As she swooned around like Joan Collins with the fur coat on, she had the air of a council estate beauty queen about her. ~ Stephen Richards

Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society. ~ Jimmy Reid

I ain't no drinking man, but temptation got the best of me. ~ Jimmy Buffett

SO NOW IT'S 1979. Year of the Goat. The Earth Goat. Here are some things you might remember. Margaret Thatcher had just been elected prime minister. Idi Amin had fled Uganda. Jimmy Carter would soon be facing the Iran hostage crisis. In the meantime, he was the first and last president ever to be attacked by a swamp rabbit. That man could not catch a break. ~ Karen Joy Fowler