Lamar Alexander Quotes (24 Quotes)

As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

I'd like to schedule my media attention on the day after the Iowa caucuses. He should enjoy the attention while it lasts.

Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee Lewis when I thought no one was around to correct me.

Give him credit for winning the pre-season. His strategy is to make sure that the contest never gets to the people. My strategy is to make sure it does.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

He took gospel music and he took country music and he took blues music which already existed and created rock 'n' roll.

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.

will they do well enough here on Saturday that they can go back to financial supporters and say, it's a worthwhile investment.

If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.

Not long after we qualified our language, we were qualifying our principles. We accepted a tax increase ... and soon found ourselves vacating the White House for the first time in 12 years.

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.

Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.

We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.

At a time really before our Supreme Court and government made it clear that we would integrate the races in America, Sam Phillips was down in Memphis mixing it up right and left,

I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

This budget is, in my view, a good budget. It does begin to exercise some fiscal discipline, but it is a modest exercise of fiscal discipline.

Today's announcement is very good news for families and communities across West Tennessee as they recover and rebuild following the tragic storms that struck this weekend.

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

It is ironic that Mr. Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Mr. Gore was attending his now famous fund-raiser with Buddhist nuns in Southern California.

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.