Dick Gephardt Quotes

I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.

The fact that you're successful doesn't mean that you can't relate to working people.

When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.

I understand people, and I think that my life and my history and what I represent can relate to a lot of the women, the independents, the moderate voters.

I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.

Pick somebody who knows what it's like to live on an average income and to deal with the problems that most Americans face. Pick somebody who's traveled this country and who will remember who put him in the White House - not to be a king but to be a public servant.

Even though Mr. Trump is a billionaire, he is still able to relate to average working men and women. The billionaire gets along with the bricklayer.

To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity. I'd like to see a world with more leaders who are familiar with the depths of the views of those they deeply disagree with, so that they can understand the nuances of everyone they're representing.

We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people.

What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.

When you're writing about one community, in a way, you're writing about all communities.

It's important not to make Spider-Man masculine because he's a kid. As soon as you make him masculine, it's harder to relate to him if you are younger and are in high school. I definitely was not masculine in high school.

Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any person.

We are at a point in our nation's history when the right leadership is needed more than ever. Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families. Hillary will help build an economy for tomorrow and beyond; strengthen America's families; defend our country and its core values; and revitalize our democracy.

If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all.

What makes Mr. Trump my choice for president is he will break the grip of the donor class on our government and make it accountable to working families again.

I come from humble beginnings myself.

I will be a president that can share a glass of soju with the public after work.

I think when you look at the diversity of the readership, all the different people who love comics, I want comics to reflect the real world, and I think Marvel does a good job of trying to do that, but I don't think there's ever an end point when it comes to creating diversity and creating stories that people can relate to.

I think I'm a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try to help bring guys together. That's what I tried to focus on when I was in Erie and I felt everyone was a part of the team. I definitely try to lead that way; I'm not the big rah-rah guy.

I know it's 'Dear White People,' and you can imprint all kinds of concessions about what the show might be about on the title, but my goal was never to, like, educate white people. My goal was always to create characters that you can relate to and fall in love with.

As president, I want to be a citizen who can communicate with all Argentines.

I want everyone to identify with my tracks and for all of us to be part of it in some way or another.

We need new leaders, period.

America needs a new generation of leaders to address the big issues facing the country: alleviating the middle class squeeze and promoting economic opportunity, confronting the significant national security challenges threatening the safety of our people, and reforming the culture of Washington, D.C.