Governors Quotes · Page 4

Governor Romney may be running for CEO, I'm running for President

— Newt Gingrich

They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.

— Charles Barkley

I want to be governor [of Texas] because I need the closet space.

— Kinky Friedman

If you really want to introduce corruption into legal marijuana, make it an all cash business.

— John Hickenlooper

We are not perfect. None of us is. I apologize for that flaw. I thank the governor for giving me a job…

— Zulima Farber

We have 31 Republican governors in this country. We have roughly the same number of Republican legislatures.

— Steve Inskeep

So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

— Tony Abbott

Governors are closer to the people than those in D.C., and we don't see any results from D.C.

— Kay Ivey

I didn't want to be president; I didn't want to be governor; I didn't want to be a congress person. I just…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to…

— Wendy Davis

If you're white and wealthy, Texas is a great place, however, no Texas governor Republican or Democrat is eager to raise taxes…

— Calvin Jillson

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? Its simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth…

— Bart Stupak

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism…

— Louis Leakey

Medicaid is one of the rare times where Democratic governors are saying, "Hey, states' rights." We don't want the federal government coming…

— John Hickenlooper

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting…

— David Wilkerson

The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly…

— Mark Helprin

My whole life everyone always said 'it can't be done', 'you'll never do it', 'you will fail', 'no one has ever gone…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is Deism which depicts God as the passive onlooker rather than the active governor of His world, and which assures us…

— J. I. Packer

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every…

— Bertrand Russell

My faith has helped me to adjust to life whether I was a small farm boy, a submarine officer, governor, president or…

— Jimmy Carter

Former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, talk show Rush Limbaugh claim - " don't you love that,…

— Rush Limbaugh

The uncritically admiring supporters and friends of the prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu], in whose ranks I certainly don't include David [Brooks], but…

— Mark Shields

I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Ohio Governor John Kasich became the 16th Republican to announce that he is running for president. During his speech he referred to…

— Jimmy Fallon

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was all smiles, well smirks, after picking up the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at…

— Jon Stewart

I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I think it's very sad that CNN leads Jeb Bush, down a road by starting off virtually all the questions, "Mr. Trump…

— Jeb Bush

I'm here helping Doug Forrester become the next governor of New Jersey.

— George Pataki

I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.

— James Douglas

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

— Elizabeth Warren

Last night we had Bill Clinton, the former president. Security was as tight as Governor Christie's yoga pants.

— David Letterman

Force and right are the governors of this world; force till right is ready.

— Matthew Arnold

You might be a redneck if you entire family has ever sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare…

— Jeff Foxworthy

We don't agree with the notion of the government to remove governors. It is unconstitutional.

— Mayawati

Over ten thousand people have signed a petition to recall Governor Schwarzenegger. I'm sorry, that is next year's joke.

— Craig Kilborn

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

— Dean Koontz

Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.

— Birch Bayh

I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator.

— David Brooks

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

— Eleanor Clift

In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor!

— David Duke