Bob Corker Quotes
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I have gone to great lengths, and in some cases beyond what is required by the reporting guidelines to ensure all of my filings are beyond reproach, by hiring an independent third-party accounting firm to review and audit all of my previous annual financial disclosures.
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My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.
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It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.
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The attack on Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 is a stark reminder that our nation must remain vigilant in protecting our citizens from the threat of Al-Qaeda and similar extremist terrorist entities around the world.
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You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a difference.
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My role is not so much to lobby but be a sounding board for people. That's a more effective place for me to be.
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We need to make sure we have secure borders.
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I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.
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Republicans will own Congress.
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I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.
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If the Senate can't perform its most basic responsibilities, I worry about how we're going to make the tough decisions and do the hard work that will be necessary to get our country on a path to fiscal solvency.
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If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.
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I started working when I was 13, picking up trash, bagging ice.
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The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.
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Not every problem is solvable, okay.
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In business, you try to solve problems.
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People read way too much into personalities and all that stuff.
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I want to see the economy rebound.
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If your focus in life is on being productive, when things are not happening... one has to ask oneself, 'Is this worth a grown man's time?'
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I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.