Richard Darman quotes

Richard Darman quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.”
-- Richard Darman

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“I have no idea what White House statement was issued, but I stand by it 100 percent.”
-- Richard Darman

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“I am now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first request for my resignation. I look forward to many more.”
-- Richard Darman

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“Explaining why President Bush wasn't following up on his campaign pledge that there would be no loss of wetlands: He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.”
-- Richard Darman

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“It [1991 Federal budget] contains almost 190,000 accounts. At a rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take over a year to reflect upon these!”
-- Richard Darman

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“Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.”
“The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.”
“Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Alan Moore's writing is almost novelistic. It's very intricate and wordy and smart.”
“The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the serious-minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt altogether out of touch with life will not stand up under scrutiny. Sin is basically an act of moral folly, and the greater the folly the greater the fool.”
“All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.”
“My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.29, Simon and Schuster
“Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.”
“As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.”
“Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.”

Source : "Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens Criticism: Review" by Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2009.

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