The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.

- Sam Rayburn

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

- Sam Rayburn

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

- Sam Rayburn

Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

- Sam Rayburn

If you want to get along, go along.

- 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 along, go along.

- Sam Rayburn

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

- Sam Rayburn

There's no education in the second kick of a mule

- Sam Rayburn

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

- Sam Rayburn