The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.
I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost. - Ann Richards
I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.
- Ann Richards
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. - Ann Richards
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan … - Ann Richards
Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan …
Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life. - Ann Richards
Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.
Life isn't fair, but government must be. - Ann Richards
Life isn't fair, but government must be.
We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another. - Ann Richards
We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.
Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics. - Ann Richards
Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.
You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig. - Ann Richards
You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. - Ann Richards
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion