Alan K. Simpson Quotes

He's a million rubber bands in his resilience.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic.

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.

Now it's just sharp elbows, and instead of having a caucus where you sit down and say, 'What are you doing for your country?' you sit figuring out how to screw the other side.

If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth

Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.

It doesn't matter is you call it 'Obama-care' or 'Elvis Presley care' or 'I-don't-care care.' It cannot sustain itself in its present form.

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.

I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. I'm an Alan Simpson Republican.

People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.