Alan Simpson Quotations

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

Whatever he does, Dick will do it his own way, because whatever he does, it will be the subject of ridicule.

Here we can brag and bluster and blather and almost like a comic book character you could invent, Captain Bombast, pull the cape around the shoulders and shout the magic words, "Get him." And rise above it all in a blast of hot air.

I think we have to set a date for withdrawal. The January elections (in Iraq) are a natural time.

When it's all through after a few days, people are going to laugh at the media for their overreaction.

You'd like to stick it in his gazoo.

There is more awareness among parents and families and teachers that if we want children to succeed in school, we need to provide good experiences in kindergarten and earlier.

This is one of the greatest thrills of my life. It's a wonderful college where they can teach you everything from Shakespeare to welding, and I'm just glad to be a part of it.

They're talking about things that, if I had talked about, they would have burned my humble butt.

For many of these communities there was no plan.

It's going to be an extraordinary debate filled with fear and guilt and racism and xenophobia.

That means more disposable income, which results in more visits to restaurants and more restaurant sales.

Stonewalling, wiretapping, cover-up, Lord's sake, if there isn't one of us here at this table that hasn't dabbled in that mystery.

In your country club, your church and business, about 15 percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights and boobs and you would not want those people unrepresented in Congress

These are good people, two good people, and I loved watching them. If the American people don't like that, let them go somewhere else, move on out. If that isn't what politics isn't about, then I've missed by boat.

A group of 5-year-olds are always going to include children who are a little behind their peers, and some who are a little ahead. Through natural development, they will catch up with each other.