Today is H. Ross Perot’s 75th birthday! Let’s celebrate with a few of his greatest quotes!
“If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.”
“Failures are like skinned knees — painful, but superficial.”
?Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry??
“It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.”
“If you see a snake, just kill it – don’t appoint a committee on snakes.”
“The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.”
When other two presidential candidates questioned his experience.
“Well, they’ve got a point. I don’t have any experience in running up a $4 trillion debt. I don’t have any experience in gridlock government where nobody takes responsibility for anything and everybody blames everybody else. I don’t have any experience in creating the worst public school system in the industrialized world, but I do have a lot of experience in getting things done.”
“We’ve got to clean this mess up, leave this country in good shape, and pass on the American dream to them. We’ve got to collect the taxes to do it. If there’s a fair way, I’m all ears.”
“There are guys that couldn’t get a job third shift in a Dairy Queen driving BMWs and Mercedes selling drugs. And these old boys are not going to quit easy.”
“Talk is cheap; words are plentiful, deeds are precious. Let’s get on with it.”
“Can I finish? Can I finish?…Can I finish?”