Quote by Sean Kelly

Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending.

— Todd Tiahrt

The responsible use of earmarks can have public benefits.

— Jeff Fortenberry

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to pass a proposed omnibus budget bill with 6,714 earmarks worth $8.3 billion, but pulled it after Americans…

— Michael McCaul

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a…

— Tom Coburn

When you have to earmark human and monetary resources for such a long time, it starts to hinder your other activities.

— Ratan Tata

Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness…

— Chris McDaniel

I have never been opposed to earmarks.

— Judd Gregg

Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.

— Claire McCaskill

Hay for horses, hay for horses... -Dollar Bill

— The Players Club

You can comfort more people by lending an ear than a dollar.

— Thomas F Shubnell

Money pads the edges of things.

— E. M. Forster

When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is…

— Shigeo Shingo