Jeff Bingaman Quotes

#1. I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.

Jeff Bingaman

#2. your lack of knowledge may not for you but surely it is dangerous for your child because you cannot teach them which you your self do not know

Mohammed Zaki Ansari

#3. If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

#4. I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

Jeff Bingaman

#5. So I started out for God knows where.
I guess I'll know when I get there.

Tom Petty

#6. I'm going to say hi to my girl now

E.L. James

#7. Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

Jeff Bingaman

#8. Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.

Wayne Dyer

#9. Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.

Jeff Bingaman

#10. To truly find yourself, touch as many lives as possible!

Ashley Klein

#11. I think the men and women serving in Iraq today deserve special recognition for that.

Jeff Bingaman

#12. I hope that in future Congresses there will reemerge a recognition that climate change is a reality, that our policies to meet our energy needs must also deal responsibly with environmental issues, including the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Jeff Bingaman

#13. It is reasonable to insist that when the government deprives a person of his or her liberty? and in this case for an indefinite period of time? that the individual have a meaningful opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention and challenge whether they are being wrongfully detained.

Jeff Bingaman

#14. Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure.

Timothy Noah

#15. I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.

Jeff Bingaman

#16. The biggest catastrophes that we've witnessed rarely come from information that is secret or hidden. It comes from information that is freely available and out there, but that we are willfully blind to.

Margaret Heffernan

#17. They think that the cure to big government is to have bigger government ... the only effective cure is to reduce the scope of government - get government out of the business.

Milton Friedman

#18. I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.

Ginger Rogers

#19. I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

Jeff Bingaman

#20. I never considered the move to Washington to be a permanent move.

Jeff Bingaman

#21. Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

Jeff Bingaman

#22. Hardship bred a bitter, quickfire humour and resilience to all but the most terminal of life's tragedies.

Ian Rankin

#23. People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

Jeff Bingaman

#24. Beyond matter is spirit and in spirit there is nothing but love.

Frederick Lenz

#25. This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

Jeff Bingaman

#26. The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

Jeff Bingaman