Mitch Mcconnell Quotes

We have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece. ~ Mitch McConnell

Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries; we know that. And this doesn't change anything. ~ Mitch McConnell

The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people. ~ Mitch McConnell

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. ~ Mitch McConnell

It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. ~ Mitch McConnell

I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn't think that. What we did learn is this - it's a hostage that's worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done. ~ Mitch McConnell

Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback. ~ Mitch McConnell

You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think. ~ Mitch McConnell

It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate. ~ Stephen Colbert

More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits. ~ Mitch McConnell

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century. ~ Mitch McConnell

On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is best for the future of our nation and for Iraq, not what's best for a political party or presidential campaign. ~ Mitch McConnell

I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech. ~ Mitch McConnell

The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law in the early part of his first Administration. ~ Mitch McConnell

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish. ~ Mitch McConnell

For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't. ~ Mitch McConnell

I think it would take [Paul] Ryan. I don't know if [Mitch] McConnell has the standing in the party. But you know, just quickly, Hugh, you know, politically, first of all, this should not be a time to politicize this event the way it has been. But there, you have the President blaming Christians, Republicans and everyone except ... ~ Bret Stephens

Mitch McConnell, 72, is second only to Henry Clay as the state'€s most consequential public servant. McConnell's skills have been honed through five terms. He is, however - let us say the worst - not cuddly. National Review has said he has 'an owlish, tight-lipped public demeanor reminiscent of George Will.' Harsh. But true. ~ George Will

While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency. ~ Mitch McConnell

Tiger Woods and John Edwards had a better year than the Stimulus bill. ~ Mitch McConnell

The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress. ~ Mitch McConnell

I've often wished we had more women in the Senate. ~ Mitch McConnell

The biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. If we're not going to deal with it now, when are we going to deal with it? And we've watched the government explode over the last four years. We've dealt with the revenue issue. ~ Mitch McConnell

By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't. ~ Mitch McConnell

For four years, Barack Obama has been running from the nation's problems. He hasn't been working to earn reelection. He's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour. ~ Mitch McConnell

Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? ~ Mitch McConnell

Eventually, Americans would be stuck with government-run health care whether they like it or not. That's when the worst scenario would take shape, with Americans subjected to bureaucratic hassles, hours spent on hold waiting for a government service rep to take a call, restrictions on care, and, yes, lifesaving treatment and lifesaving surgeries denied or delayed. ~ Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell needs to get business lobbyists in a car and drive them around with a gun to their heads for an hour, explaining: We can give you regulatory reform, OSHA reform, tax relief, tort reform. But if we give you immigration, we won't be in a position to give you anything else, ever again, and you'll have to take your chances with Nancy Pelosi. The Chamber of Commerce has got to learn: You can't have it all. ~ Ann Coulter

I agree with Sen. Rand Paul on issues more than I do Mitch McConnell. ~ Thomas Massie

More women are graduating from college now than men. ~ Mitch McConnell

The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. ~ Mitch McConnell

Public disclosure of campaign contributions and spending should be expedited so voters can judge for themselves what is appropriate. ~ Mitch McConnell

Forcing free market plans to compete with these government-run programs would create an unlevel playing field and inevitably doom true competition ... ~ Mitch McConnell

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the debt ceiling or the operation of government to try to engage the president to deal with this. ~ Mitch McConnell

We ought to make sure that the eligibility for entitlements meets the demographics of America. ~ Mitch McConnell

To call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries. ~ Mitch McConnell

The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell. ~ Alison Lundergan Grimes

Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him. ~ Mitch McConnell

The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined. ~ Mitch McConnell

It's time Congress got its priorities straight. ~ Mitch McConnell

We're not gonna misread our mandate. ~ Mitch McConnell

The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell outlined priorities for the newly elected Congress. High on the list is fundamental tax reform. In addition to overhauling the federal tax code, however, Congress should rein in the Internal Revenue Service. ~ Cleta Mitchell

For the first time since 1979, we are talking to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Obama says talking to him is probably pointless, but it's a hell of a relief from Mitch McConnell. ~ Bill Maher

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said that Republicans' number one priority was the defeat of President Obama. ~ Steny Hoyer

Where we are now is we have resolved the revenue issue and the question is what are we going to do about spending. I wish the president would lead us in this discussion rather than putting himself in a position of having to be dragged kicking and screaming to the table to discuss the single biggest issue confronting our future. ~ Mitch McConnell

As the leader of the Republicans what I'm telling that we elected the president to be president. It's time for him to step up to the plate and lead us in the direction of reducing our excessive spending. ~ Mitch McConnell

I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue. ~ Mitch McConnell

Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy. ~ Mitch McConnell

Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems. ~ Mitch McConnell

And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again. ~ Mitch McConnell

All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times. ~ Mitch McConnell

It is time for a leader who will lead. ~ Mitch McConnell

Draft-dodging is what chicken-hawks do best. Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh (this capon claimed he had a cyst on his fat ass), Newt Gingrich, former Attorney General John Ashcroft - he received seven deferments to teach business education at Southwest Missouri State - pompous Bill O'Reilly, Jeb Bush, hey, throw in John Wayne - they were all draft-dodgers. Not a single one of these mouth-breathing, cowardly, and meretricious buffoons fought for his country. All plumped for deferments. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani? Did not serve. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney? Did not serve in the military. (He served the Mormon Church on a thirty-month mission to France.) Former Senator Fred Thompson? Did not serve. Former President Ronald Reagan? Due to poor eyesight, he served in a noncombat role making movies for the Army in southern California during WWII. He later seems to have confused his role as an actor playing a tail gunner with the real thing. Did Rahm Emanuel serve? Yes, he did during the Gulf War 1991 - in the Israeli Army. John Boehner did not serve, not a fucking second. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY? Not a minute! Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-MS? Avoided the draft. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn, R-TX - did not serve. Former Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair John Ensign, R-NV? Did not serve. Jack Kemp? Dan Quayle? Never serve ~ Alexander Theroux

The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it. ~ Mitch McConnell

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are. ~ Mitch McConnell

After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs. ~ Mitch McConnell

We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather. ~ Mitch McConnell

Have I told you about the tension of opposites? he says. The tension of opposites? Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't.
You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.Sounds like a wrestling match, I say.
A wrestling match. He laughs. Yes, you could describe life that way.
So which side wins, I ask?
Which side wins? He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.
Love wins. Love always wins. ~ Mitch Albom

People think I'm into sports because I'm a man. But I'm not into sports. I like Gatorade, but that's about as far as it goes. By the way, you don't have to be sweaty and play basketball to enjoy Gatorade. You can just be a thirsty dude. Gatorade forgets about this demographic! ~ Mitch Hedberg

I started hearing Snapchat in the same context as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. That got me curious. ~ Mitch Lasky

You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. ~ Mitch Albom

Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing. ~ Mitch Daniels

If you find yourself lost in the woods, build a house. "Well, I was lost, but now I live here!" ~ Mitch Hedberg

I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said, "Screw it. Cut 'em up!" ~ Mitch Hedberg

defect corrections have more than a 50 percent chance of being wrong the first time ~ Steve McConnell

Cindy laughed. "I didn't think burgers and fries were on a hot guys' diet. Don't you have a movie to prep for?"
"You think I'm hot? ~ Lucy McConnell

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers. ~ Mitch Albom

Mitch, who was six foot four and, at two hundred and twenty pounds, quite an imposing figure, strode out wearing nothing but his fire boots. Well, and a few soapsuds. He ambled over to the big bay windows, grabbed a squeegee, and went to work scrubbing the glass, his twig and berries swinging in the wind. The entire crew doubled over, dying of laughter. Everyone, that is, except for the captain, who was looking apoplectic. "What the hell are you doing?" he bellowed. "Cleaning like you ordered. Sir," Mitch added politely, scrubbing with a whole new level of vigor. ~ Jill Shalvis

The critical thing in developing software is not the program, it's the design. It is translating understanding of user needs into something that can be realized as a computer program. ~ Mitch Kapor

In every artist's life, there comes a person who lifts the
curtain on creativity. It is the closest you come to seeing
me again.
The first time, when you emerge from the womb, I am a
brilliant color in the rainbow of human talents from which
you choose. Later, when a special someone lifts the curtain,
you feel that chosen talent stirring inside you, a bursting
passion to sing, paint, dance, bang on drums. And you are never the same. ~ Mitch Albom

The computer environment is radically different today. In the 1980s, it was like the Wild West, with a lot of open territory. Now, the cowboys have moved out and the farmers have moved in. ~ Mitch Kapor

But there still seemed to be no clear answers. Do you take care of others or take care of your "inner child"? Return to traditional values or reject tradition as useless? Seek success or seek simplicity? Just Say No or Just Do It? ~ Mitch Albom

Morrie might have died without ever seeing me again. I had no good excuse for this, except the one that everyone these days seems to have. I had become too wrapped up in the siren song of my own life. I was busy. ~ Mitch Albom

It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all of our heart and all of our soul and I just wanted to try to do something that I could to help make it better. ~ Mitch Landrieu

Strangers are family you haven't recognize yet ~ Mitch Albom

A fly was very close to being called a land, because that's what it does half the time. ~ Mitch Hedberg

I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that. ~ David Hasselhoff

What about a man who sits down to wonder
Why life has cheated him?
Thinks about his situation
Hangs his head and cries
Will we pretend, his problems don't exist?
He's reaching out for help-will we selfishly resist?
What about your brother? He's crying
What about your brother? He's dying
What about your brother? ~ Mitch Albom

The End is coming. What will you do with the time you have left? ~ Mitch Albom

When a consumer derives value - especially from something that was given to him for free - he becomes the best kind of evangelist. ~ Mitch Joel

There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous. ~ Mitch Daniels

You live on - in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here ... Death ends life, not a relationship. ~ Mitch Albom

Got an hour or two? That's all it takes for one of my books. ~ Mitch Albom

I'm in shock now. I'm not believing this, Mitch. This is like a bad dream, only much worse." "And this is only the beginning. ~ John Grisham

I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once. ~ Mitch Hedberg

We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have. ~ Mitch Albom

Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me? ~ Mitch Albom

Love wins, love always wins. ~ Mitch Albom