Tim Russert Quotes

His [Luke]letter went something like this: "Dear Mr President, Thank you for introducing me to the Hall of Famers and for showing me the Oval Office. I think if I work really hard I will have a chance for both."
The next time I saw the president I told him about my son's ambitious plans. His response was beautiful: "Never get between a boy and his dreams ~ Tim Russert

We can be for peace without supporting the enemy. We can be against this war without rooting for the other side. ~ Tim Russert

Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits. ~ Tim Russert

If the political left weren't so joyless, humorless, intrusive, taxing, over-taxing, anarchistic, controlling, rudderless, chaos-prone, pedantic, unrealistic, hypocritical, clueless, politically correct, angry, cruel, sanctimonious, retributive, redistributive, intolerant, and if the political left wasn't hell-bent on expansion of said unpleasantness into all aspects of my family's life the truth is: I would not be in your life. If the democratic party were run by Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh, if it had the slightest vestige of JFK and Henry "Scoop" Jackson I wouldn't be on the political map. If the American media were run by biased but not evil Tim Russert and David Brinkley types I wouldn't have joined the fight. You would not know who I am. The left made me do it, I swear, I am a reluctant cultural warrior. ~ Andrew Breitbart

Baseball. If there's a more beautiful word in the English language. I have yet to hear it ... baseball has served as such a powerful link between Dad and me, and later between me and my son. ~ Tim Russert

Trouble seemed to follow me around. The late Tim Russert, my friend and the esteemed moderator of NBC's Meet the Press, once joked, "Richard, just don't come to Washington. ~ Richard Engel

Whatever your religious tradition is, if it's important to you and you don't feel comfortable talking about it, you end up coming across as insincere. ~ Tim Kaine

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready. ~ Tim LaHaye

That's the funny thing about life - getting over the fear of death is the hard part. After that, it's easy. ~ Tim McBain

We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear. ~ Tim Gunn

If man evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? ~ Tim Allen

When you're surfing you're not thinking about where you parked the car or what you're going to do when you grow up or what you're going to buy when you've got lots of money. You know, you're just there. You're in the moment. And I think in a contemporary world, that's a rare privilege. ~ Tim Winton

The way of the sword doesn't belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the arts belongs to us all. ~ Tim Hendrick

Depression must be avoided, no matter what the cost. Depression is lying on the Edwardian couch for six months, too tired to unlace your shoes. Depression is awakening each morning feeling as if someone near and dear and closely related died the night before. Bad news. Don't tempt depression. ~ Tim Sandlin

I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started. ~ Tim Kaine

Have you ever wondered how to commit human sacrifice and destroy all the evidence while having a delicious meal all at the same time? It's called cannibalism and all it means is eating another human being. It's not that hard. ~ Tim Heidecker

I found myself answering the same questions asked frequently of me by different people. It would be so much easier if everyone could just read my database. ~ Tim Berners-Lee

The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect. ~ Tim Berners-Lee

Traumatic events always happen exactly two years before I reach the maturity level to deal with them. ~ Tim Sandlin

Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority. ~ Tim Cook

We must stop listening to voices from the past
and we must stop immediately.
Father Tim ~ Jan Karon

I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more than that? If you can, I hate them more than that. ~ Tim Hardaway

Right to privacy is really important. You pull that brick out and another and pretty soon the house falls. ~ Tim Cook

The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people. ~ Tim Berners-Lee

I'm currently working on a Mind Siege for youth. ~ Tim LaHaye

Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility. ~ Tim Ferriss

Tens of billions of dollars could be saved in Medicare and Medicaid alone by eliminate fraud and improving patient care. Not only would this save money, but it will save lives. ~ Tim Murphy

So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' ~ Tim Vine

I'm being photographed, worrying about my hair - and yet here I am, I've directed a feature film, why do I care about the way I look? Who cares? Does Tim Burton care? Does Joel Coen? ~ Nicole Holofcener

Musicals are famous for being in a constant state of flux. ~ Tim Curry

Introducing these people to our friends and family is, in a way, more heedlessly exhibitionistic than posting nude photos or sex tapes of ourselves online; it's like letting everyone watch our uncensored dreams. ~ Tim Kreider

As long as scepticism is based on a sound understanding of science it is invaluable, for that is how science progresses. But poor criticism can lead those who are unfamiliar with the science involved into doubting everything about climate change predictions. ~ Tim Flannery

remember the old adage "You can't judge a book by its cover"? I'm here to tell you that's complete bullshit ~ Tim Castleman

We ride and never worry 'bout the fall. Guess that's just the cowboy in us all. ~ Tim McGraw

The difference between night and day is, er, night and day. ~ Tim Henman

In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package. ~ Tim Curry