L.A. Kennedy Quotes

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve.

I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning.

The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world.

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.

Change isn't easy, it takes time.

I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short

I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.

In Grimm's fairy tales, you kiss a frog and in two seconds, it becomes a prince. That is a fairy tale. In evolution, you kiss a frog and in two million years, it becomes a prince.

The chile, it seems to me, is one of the few foods that has its own goddess.

My thing is when people say Dom Kennedy's music reminds them of L.A., I wanna do that 100 percent because at the end of the day that's all I am.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

Don't agonise, organise.

I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.

My father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing.

I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else - that would be fatal.

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.

Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author.

Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.

What happens tomorrow is but the shadow of thoughts we held today.

Our nation is founded on the principal that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the law is the surest road to tyranny.

We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.

In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.

We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab the tail of the elephant ahead of them.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

It was involuntary. They sank my boat.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.