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title: "4 Carpenter Quotes By Sam Rayburn"
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> [A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/a-jackass-can-kick-a-barn-down-but-it-takes-a-carpenter-to-build-one/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/sam-rayburn-21122_barn_a-jackass-can-kick-a-barn-down-but-it-ta_576523.jpg)

> [“Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-it-takes-a-carpenter-to-build-on/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

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> [Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-but-it-takes-a-good-carpenter-to/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/sam-rayburn-21122_carpenter_any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-but-it_1111641.jpg)

> [“Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one." (Good comment for reflecting on Nazism)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-but-it-takes-a-carpenter-to-build/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/sam-rayburn-21122_nazism_any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-but-it_2182689.jpg)

## More by Sam Rayburn

> [Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If you want to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/dont-try-to-go-too-fast-learn-your-job-dont-ever-talk-until-you-know/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/a-jackass-can-kick-a-barn-down-but-it-takes-a-carpenter-to-build-one/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about... If you want to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/don-t-try-to-go-too-fast-learn-your-job-don-t-ever-talk-until-you/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/no-one-has-a-finer-command-of-language-than-the-person-who-keeps-his/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/if-a-man-has-common-sense-he-has-all-the-sense-there-is/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/a-damn-independent-boy-independent-as-a-hog-on-ice/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [“Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-it-takes-a-carpenter-to-build-on/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/any-jackass-can-kick-down-a-barn-but-it-takes-a-good-carpenter-to/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [There's no education in the second kick of a mule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/there-s-no-education-in-the-second-kick-of-a-mule/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/when-you-get-too-big-a-majority-you-re-immediately-in-trouble/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/too-many-critics-mistake-the-deliberations-of-the-congress-for-its/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/any-man-who-will-cheat-for-you-will-cheat-against-you/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/poverty-only-tries-men-s-souls-it-is-loneliness-that-breaks-the-heart/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [They may be just as intelligent as you say. But I'd feel a helluva lot better if just one of them had ever run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/they-may-be-just-as-intelligent-as-you-say-but-i-d-feel-a-helluva-lot/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

> [The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rayburn/the-real-actor-has-a-direct-line-to-the-collective-heart/)

[Sam Rayburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rayburn/)

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