#the

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

#advantage #afford #along #american #american people

The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans? ↗

— David Plouffe

#american people #construction #continue #create #economy

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

#class #doing #economy #europe #facing

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

#been #controversial #country #disaster #disasters

The American people want to have trust in their leaders. ↗

— David Plouffe

#american people #leaders #people #their #trust

They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time? ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#bang #because #big #big bang #did

But I'm not an idiot. At the end of the day, I've learned a lot. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#end #end of the day #i #idiot #learned

I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#africa #best #dangerous #had #house

I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#am #certain #certain feeling #creatures #feeling

My father was the quintessential husband and dad. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#father #husband #quintessential