Bob Corker Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“I started working when I was 13, picking up trash, bagging ice.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "What I've Learned: Senator Bob Corker (R, Tenn.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 18, 2010.

#Ice Quotes #Trash Quotes

“I want to see the economy rebound.”
-- Bob Corker

#Want Quotes #Economy Quotes #Rebound Quotes

“If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.”
-- Bob Corker

#Ceilings Quotes #Saving Quotes #Debt Quotes

“The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.”
-- Bob Corker

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes

“I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "Bob Corker Says War in Afghanistan 'Not Sustainable'" by Jonathan Karl and Gregory Simmons, abcnews.go.com. June 13, 2011.

#Thinking Quotes #Afghanistan Quotes #Multiple Quotes

“I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "Corker: GOP erred on financial reform" by Victoria Mcgrane, www.politico.com. March 24, 2010.

#Regulation Quotes #Financial Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "What I've Learned: Senator Bob Corker (R, Tenn.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 18, 2010.

#Law Quotes #Lawmakers Quotes

“We need to make sure we have secure borders.”
-- Bob Corker

#Borders Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position,”
-- Bob Corker

Source : Twitter post from Sep 19, 2013

#Tactics Quotes #Failing Quotes #Canyons Quotes

“My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "What I've Learned: Senator Bob Corker (R, Tenn.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 18, 2010.

#Dad Quotes #Mind Quotes #Age Quotes

“Not every problem is solvable, okay.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "Republican Bob Corker Is Senate's Deal Maker". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 8, 2010.

#Problem Quotes #Okay Quotes

“I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "Republican Bob Corker Is Senate's Deal Maker". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. March 8, 2010.

#Running Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Office Quotes

“In business, you try to solve problems.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "Republican Bob Corker Is Senate's Deal Maker". "Morning Edition" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 8, 2010.

#Trying Quotes #Problem Quotes #Solve Quotes

“I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.”
-- Bob Corker

Source : "What I've Learned: Senator Bob Corker (R, Tenn.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 18, 2010.

#Construction Quotes #Company Quotes

“It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.”
-- Bob Corker

#Country Quotes #Canada Quotes #France Quotes