Mike Monroney Quotes

The line between winning and losing is very thin, and wins give you prestige, stability, and continuity.

Generally speaking, politicians are an odd bunch. They seem to have very thick skins and genuinely don't care what people think. And charm is a very important part of the politician's armoury. I try to resist that kind of charm.

I knew that people disliked me, and there always will be, but that's the price you pay for being in the limelight, so to speak.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, why don't you just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them.

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.

…Taft has reached and passed the nadir of his unpopularity.

No one who's a politician wants to be associated with anything that is unpopular.

[In a political contest,] the first guy who defines the other, wins

This is a smear on the image that Thurmond has as a person of high integrity.

We're not preparing to lose games.

I don't care about my legacy. It's too late. My enemies will create it, and they'll push it.

You can have all the stats in the world, but if you're losing, you're probably not going to get talked about. Probably will, but not in a good way.

I don't like losing at anything, but it's not the end of the world if you beat me.

When you're a sports figure and people dislike you, they're going to look for the negatives.

I don't believe in moral victories. I don't think in pro ball they exist, and they shouldn't exist.

When it comes to topping the 'least popular' lists, MPs have form. Typically, we're pipped to the post only by bankers and traffic wardens.

There's not one person at any club I've been at who would turn around and say I'm a bad egg, it's only been at Aston Villa. That speaks volumes.

I never think about losing. That's why it's so hard to accept a loss.

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

You know, in politics when you come in third, it's a win.

A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.

One of the characteristics of mudslinging is that mud sticks if it's thrown with enough force for long enough.

... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!

It is [a politician's] business to get and hold his job at all costs. If he can hold it by lying, he will hold it by lying; if lying peters out, he will try to hold it by embracing new truths. His ear is ever close to the ground.