Kempthorne Quotes

#1. Governor Kempthorne of Idaho, our chairman of the National Governors Association, is doing a great job bringing all of the nation's governors together to work as partners with the federal government.

James Douglas

#2. In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.

Dirk Kempthorne

#3. Now you see, Dr. Stadler, you're speaking as if this book were addressing to a thinking audience. If it were, one would have to be concerned with such matters as accuracy, validity, logic and the prestige of science. But it isn't. It's addressed to the public.

Ayn Rand

#4. Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

Dirk Kempthorne

#5. I don't think anybody would dispute that we're seeing a warming of the Earth.

Dirk Kempthorne

#6. There were no rules where Blaire was concerned. She was on a higher plane, above any rules I had when it came to women. I just wanted her.

Abbi Glines

#7. But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

Romano Prodi

#8. The sailors in the Construction Battalions had been nicknamed Seabees, based on the initials of the unit.

Alex Malcolm

#9. Unfortunately, I have to follow the law.

Dirk Kempthorne

#10. Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

Dirk Kempthorne

#11. #1 Never Get Used to Anything.

Ruth Bernhard

#12. Go quietly, and you're a number. Go in spectacular fashion, and you're a name. I

Hugh Howey

#13. We were quite different, but we belonged together, we were more than the sum of our two selves, we were allies, we made our own community, and that is rare in life.

Sandor Marai

#14. He learned to read the ocean by a cupful. He also learned to regard each port of call as part of the journey and not as the destination. Every voyage begins when you do.

E.L. Konigsburg

#15. Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me.

Willem Dafoe

#16. Understand that great accomplishments require great effort. If a goal is achieved without effort, it is no accomplishment but merely a happening.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#17. Methamphetamine is a hideous drug. Meth makes a person become paranoid, violent, and aggressive - making them a serious threat to society and law enforcement. And maybe more importantly, meth users are a threat to their own children and families.

Dirk Kempthorne

#18. Since all wealth ultimately comes from God, His people ought to acknowledge His primacy by offering Him the best of their wealth, time, and abilities.

Max Anders

#19. The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Don Marquis

#20. The lies we tell ourselves are the worst ones.

Andrea Cremer

#21. You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the history of the state. If you're bold and if you're ready to aggressively reach for our future, all the ingredients are here. The opportunities are waiting for us.

Dirk Kempthorne

#22. The guest gets at least as much service with us as with some established airline, if not even more. And at by far a favourable price. Thus the passengers remain gladly with us.

Niki Lauda

#23. This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts.

Dirk Kempthorne