“If ask 100 Arkansans about the phrase, 'the public option,' or 'a public option,' you'll get 100 different impressions about what that means.” IfsMeanDifferentAsksImpressionPhrases Author:Bill Halter
“You want to provide as many opportunities and help rural schools as much as you can. But you can't do it at the risk of affecting any of the quality standards and educational opportunities for any child, regardless of where they live and regardless of what the size of their school is.” WantChildrenHelpingSchoolOpportunityQualityRiskStandardsSizeEducational Author:Mike Beebe
“You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.” WayLongGunSmileLong Way Author:Irwin Corey
“Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'” FallBlackBoysFireLandCatMurderPoliceNewspapersGrayToesMarineKittenNicaraguaBlack CatCaponeTricycles Author:Al Capone
“I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm. But don't ever talk to me about the honor of police captains or judges. If they couldn't be bought they wouldn't have the job.” IfsJobsHonestJudgingHonorBeatsPoliceHarmCopCaptainsTalk To Me Author:Al Capone
“A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician. You can only get a little of his time because he spends so much time covering up that no one will know that he is a thief. A hard-working crook will-and can-get those birds by the dozen, but right down in his heart he won't depend on them-hates the sight of them.” KnowsHeartLittlesMatterHardBigsLawGuyHateWorstHard WorkTypeDependsPoliticianHealthyAuthorityBirdSightStealingDozenPunkThievesSnakesCoveringCrooksFrankness Author:Al Capone
“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.” FourHundredCarefulQuartersBe CarefulPenniesBest FriendGangstersFake FriendsInspirational FriendshipChoose WiselyTrue Best FriendLoyal FriendFaithful FriendsChoosing FriendsBad Friend Author:Al Capone
“We been on the road for 18 hours... I need a bath, some chow... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?” NeedsDiesHoursDown AndBathsBoardwalksBoardwalk Empire Author:Al Capone
“The shortage of buyers, which the world is suffering from, is readily understood, not as due to people not wishing to obtain possession of goods, but as people being unwilling to part with something which might earn a regular income in exchange for those goods.” PeopleWorldMightSufferingWishUnderstoodPossessionDuesIncomeGoodsUnwillingShortageBuyers Author:Paul Dirac