Famous Quotes & Sayings

It looks like this has some traction. Candidates are like sharks: When they smell blood, they will strike. And the sharks are definitely in the water now.

It matters a lot for the party activists. It matters some for primary voters. And it matters a little for undecided general election voters. Even if it matters for 5 percent of the electorate ? no candidate can ignore that.

It makes it easier for us to say we're the only candidate who doesn't stand for the status quo.

It makes it challenging and it makes it difficult and it makes it different, but what you'll probably have working this time is more self-motivation perhaps. Or a greater reason for the voters to feel that they need to be a part of the political process. We are as hopeful as many of the candidates that that in itself will be enough to encourage voters who would otherwise would not vote in a normal election.

I not only think he will be re-elected, but he's going to win in the first round. I don't see any candidate that represents a risk for the president.

In America, we have an open election process. The candidates must do their part.

I'm the only candidate in this race who's pledged not to raise your taxes.

Harry Carson

I'm happy more candidates are being interviewed. But there are a number of very capable candidates who are out there, but aren't getting opportunities.

In Ward A and Ward C, in particular, you have a difficulty in getting candidates to run. A lot of times, you just have a single candidate. If you have everybody at large, and everybody can run, you have a chance to have more people running - and I always think that the more people who run, the better, because then you get more study and discussion of the issues.

In the past we found these fairs very successful for us. We've recruited very good candidates that have enjoyed coming over and we really enjoy being here.

In the race for U.S. Senate, John Spencer is the only candidate that stands firmly in support of securing our borders.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Internet companies created the social-media tools that fueled the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street insurgencies, and that have helped political candidates rally grass-roots support.

Christine Pelosi

In politics, all candidates and volunteers are ambassadors to voters who expect better than parroting the politics of personal destruction. Being able to find common ground at the higher ground is what separates the stateswoman from the stuntwoman.

If you say that only conservative Republicans need apply, then you have diminished the pool of potential candidates significantly,

I never voted for a tax increase. I'm the only candidate in this race who can say that.

John Ridley

In every election cycle that I can recall, there comes a moment - or a few - where charges of elitism and claims of commonness are wielded by presidential candidates like a sword and shield: 'Vote for me 'cause I'm one of you. It's the other guy who's out of touch.'

Silvio Berlusconi

If there is a better candidate then I am willing to stand down.

Alberto Fujimori

I plan a temporary stay in Chile as part of a return to Peru to keep a promise with a large part of the people of Peru that has called me to participate as a candidate for the presidency,

I personally was happy that all three senatorial candidates were able to get their 20 percent and get on the ballot.

By making drug testing a mandatory condition for employment after a job candidate is made an offer, an employer can reduce their exposure to liability by eliminating applicants who test positive for drugs. If a company tests for drugs, it's vital they be consistent with their drug-testing policy.

Clearly I am not going to be a candidate for prime minister because they tell me to, ... They certainly expressed support for the idea that if the process is done locally then they would not oppose it.

E. P. Thompson

Clinton playing the sax -- that's the gold standard. Number one -- because very few candidates had made such appearances before and -- number two -- because he did it on Arsenio Hall, which was kind of a cool, late night thing at the time. But most importantly, he played the sax. That would even be unusual today.

Craig Armstrong

Candidate Thomas is a sad, sad man, with only one desire: to reunite with his deceased ex-girlfriend.

Candidates who come within a narrow margin of defeat have a right to a discovery recount. There's definitely options for candidates who wish to pursue that route.

Candidates must figure on the short-list at least two years running to win,

Candidates have to look and see if, realistically, there is a way to get there.

Candidates are strategic about their decision to run. I'm sure there are people in the city of Murfreesboro, as vibrant as it is, who care about politics and would like to be mayor. They've just decided this isn't the right time to run.

Al Gore

candidate of the status quo in Washington, D.C.

Because of all the money that was spent, it got voters more interested. If it had just been candidates who couldn't self-fund, I think turnout would have been much smaller.

Boris Yeltsin

Chernomyrdin is the candidate I have chosen for prime minister and I will insist upon it,

Honestly, it wasn't (too tense). I know all of the candidates quite well, and I'm not a terribly competitive person, so I wasn't taking it as a personal battle.

He's the only major party candidate who plays golf. Reform Party candidate Donald Trump plays golf and claims to have a single digit handicap, but I think we've learned to take everything he says with a grain of salt.

He's an easy target. New Yorkers are centrist by nature. One has to presume Senator Clinton is a candidate for president and the strategic imperative here (in 2006) is to pile up big numbers.