Rick Perry Quotes

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

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• A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Done
  • Think
  • Want

• I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Want
  • Know
  • Alone

• Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Want
  • You
  • Old

• When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Business
  • Want
  • Style

• The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Time
  • Want
  • Best

• If you want to start reading Swedish crime fiction, you have to start with Sjowall and Wahloo.

  

  Hakan Nesser
  • Want
  • Reading
  • Start

• Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Want
  • You
  • Working Hard

• If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.

  

  Sammy Hagar Van Halen
  • Up
  • High
  • Want

• You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.

  

  Karel Capek
  • World
  • Government
  • Universe

• I want to just be what kids believe in.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • Believe
  • Kids
  • Want

• It's not just that government has failed us. It's not just that we have failed ourselves. It's government. It's individuals. It's sort of everything in between, from families and communities and neighborhoods, churches and so forth.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Government
  • Everything
  • U.S.

• Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Important
  • Government
  • Politics

• Chinese people themselves, they really want change.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Want
  • Change

• I went through this delayed-adolescence thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Family
  • Want
  • Down

• The whole European Federal plan is ridiculous. We are patriotic. The single currency is an outrage. We want the Queen's head - or the King's head, if we have a king - on our own coins.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Want
  • Single
  • King

• I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.

  

  Ziyi Zhang
  • Women
  • Want
  • Feel

• So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • American
  • Relationship
  • Government

• I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play when I'm a crazy old lady.

  

  Tanya Fischer
  • Want
  • Crazy
  • I Can

• If you want to find somebody and you want to be married and you want to have children, don't make it a rock star.

  

  Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
  • Children
  • Want
  • Married

• After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.

  

  Ted Lindsay
  • Career
  • Years
  • Chicago

• I don't put a ton of time into my on-stage style, largely because I'm dumb about clothes. But I have friends who are very smart about clothes, and they teach me things. For the show, I'm mainly concerned with feeling comfortable, being able to jump around and get wild.

  

  K. Flay
  • Time
  • Friends
  • Feeling

• Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • God
  • Faith
  • Religion

• I've gone on streaks where I haven't shot the ball well here, but I was always making up for it in other areas, so it wasn't as big. It's just a part of the game. I got to do better with it.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Up
  • Game
  • Always

• Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

  

  Rick Perry
  • Want
  • Government
  • Efficient