Top 31 Plouffe Quotes
#1. It looks like they picked Sarah goddamn Palin. We have to get moving.
David Plouffe
#2. The economy is too weak right now. We need to jump-start it. The American Jobs Act will provide that jump-start, to help us into next year and the year after that.
David Plouffe
#3. Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida.
David Plouffe
#4. What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure we're not making politics with disaster relief.
David Plouffe
#5. And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no.
David Plouffe
#6. It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.
David Plouffe
#7. The American people are screaming out saying it's unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations who can afford the best attorneys, the best accountants, take advantage of these special tax treatments that the lobbyists have, along with lawmakers, have cooked in the books here.
David Plouffe
#9. What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking.
David Plouffe
#10. The system in Germany is different, as you sign up with a company for two or three years, and you work exclusively with them; you can't do any film work on the side.
Tom Wlaschiha
#11. The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.
David Niven
#12. We're facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy.
David Plouffe
#13. It's strange, but seeing something broken is somehow worse when you can tell that it used to be beautiful.
Brenna Yovanoff
#14. You ask people, 'should we go back to square one?' People don't want to do that.
David Plouffe
#15. Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote.
David Plouffe
#16. Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.
David Plouffe
#17. I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember.
Ricky Schroder
#18. I was very into math and calculus, and just always was very - really interested in that. But any sort of numbers.
David Plouffe
#19. But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that we have to get significant deficit reduction.
David Plouffe
#20. Everyone in our administration is going to cooperate.
David Plouffe
#21. To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.
Jean Hanff Korelitz
#22. So we still need a permanent fix. The president would sign the Dream Act tomorrow, the next day, the day after that. That's ultimately the only way to fix this, is for congressional action.
David Plouffe
#23. Clint Eastwood said, the only things America has contributed to civilization are the western and jazz. And I don't think westerns are bad, but lots of people make great cinema. But jazz is right there.
Robert Wyatt
#24. I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out.
David Plouffe
#25. For me, there are two kinds of women - goddesses and doormats.
Pablo Picasso
#26. The American people want to have trust in their leaders.
David Plouffe
#27. I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country.
David Plouffe
#28. Gov. Romney said he would veto the Dream Act. Gov. Romney essentially said the 11 million people ought to just go home, they ought to self-deport. President Romney, if he is elected, is not going to fix our immigration system.
David Plouffe
#29. I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes.
Earl Butz
#30. This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters.
David Plouffe
#31. I was the best man at my younger brother's wedding and at the time part of my roast to him was I appreciated that he's done the only profession that makes me look good, running a used car dealership.
David Plouffe
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