Barney Frank Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Barney Frank quotes and sayings page 2 (84 year old politician). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 57 we have for him.
“Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.”
“Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.”
“For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.”
“I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.”
“What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.”
“I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.”
“Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.”
“As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.”
“But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.”
“I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.”
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