Candidate

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

- Gore Vidal Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

All speculations regarding my role in the third round of candidate cities for 2012 are completely unfounded. I declare that I did not vote during the third round, as I had announced during the election in question.

- Alex Gilady Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

There's probably a fairly even split of the people who are solidly behind Katherine and those who are not solidly behind her yet and thinking about another candidate probably would be nice.

- Eric Allen Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I don't think we'll know yet who's the most formidable Democratic candidate against Bush, ... That's something the primaries will have to sort out, and I suspect we'll know sometimes next April or May.

- Evan Bayh Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Our offense will be the strongest part of our football team. That group will most likely dictate how we do this year. Garrett and A.J. will take a lot of the pressure off our quarterback, which will be great. Those two will make it easy. Our quarterback won't have to be a Heisman candidate he just has to lead the team.

- Joe Novak Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

This has been a very difficult last 1012 days. I have been involved in wrestling a long time. I had a short list of coaches. There were a lot of people with Iowa backgrounds and some who didn't have any ties to Iowa. It all came down to one candidate and that candidate is Tom Brands. He did a terrific job at Virginia Tech. He has a fierce, competitive spirit and that's what we are looking for.

- Bob Bowlsby Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Smith reminds me of people like Bob Graham and Lawton Chiles and Reubin Askew. Just as sort of an image, the more the Democratic candidate can get people to think about earlier popular Democratic governors, the better chance they have to win.

- Aubrey Jewett Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

His base is still united and firmly behind him. And if you talk to smart Democrats, most will tell you they would love nothing more than to see another candidate in the primary who would excite the party.

- Bill Whalen Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The man's a fighter. I think he could have won if he'd have stayed in it. But having said that, there is something to be said for having a candidate who has no baggage heading into November. Certainly, Congressman DeLay, for a whole number of reasons, was carrying a lot of baggage.

- Eric Thode Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Just because he is the last man standing doesn't necessarily mean he is going to be the candidate. Other candidates are going to emerge.

- Dan Olson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I think it (the next chief) is probably someone in his late 40s, early 50s, ... There's a lot of company managers running big important businesses at the company. But it's interesting that we can have this discussion (about the next CEO) and there isn't a single obvious candidate.

- David Berry Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I think Louis is a tremendous candidate. He's had a great run for the last seven years as the president of Pratt Whitney.

- David George Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.

- Erskine Bowles Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Those are the kinds of signs that no candidate wants to have, especially one who still has legal battles coming up.

- Bob Stein Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

This summit of Nice will remain in European history as a summit that shaped the Union. It was important to keep our commitments to the candidate countries in central and eastern Europe.

- Jacques Chirac Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I want to choose the strongest Democratic candidate.

- Jimmy Carter Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

If he decides to the negative -- that he doesn't want to be a candidate -- then that makes me look kind of stupid, and I don't like looking stupid.

- Jesse Ventura Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Certainly opposition candidate Edmund Stoiber would have been better received by the market because of his plans for structural reform. The government has not got much of a majority so we can't expect much on reform going forward.

- Gareth Evans Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the Governor's Mansion, they really have to put up a Jim Edgar-type candidate, a moderate.

- Del Ali Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

My dad was a Teamster, ... I think there are a lot of working families out there that want a candidate for president and want a president that will remember the struggle that people go through every day to make a living, to raise their kids, to educate their kids, to have health care for their family.

- Dick Gephardt Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

As we've said before, if we find a city that's capable to bid on the Olympic games ... we will be a much stronger candidate from the United States because of the strengthening of our ties.

- Peter Ueberroth Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Certainly if he announces, if he will be a candidate, he will absolutely get my full consideration, ... I don't put the cart in front of the horse and until he becomes a candidate, he becomes the horse.

- Jesse Ventura Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

In December, when we were just getting pounded by every other candidate, I asked Terry to step in because I thought it was getting kind of destructive, ... Terry decided to be neutral, so I suggest he still remain neutral.

- Howard Dean Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

That's what you want to see at the top of the lineup. Plus, the position is changing, especially in the American League, to one that produces runs. He certainly is a strong candidate.

- Buck Showalter Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We would have preferred a candidate who had a clear record on these issues.

- Brian Brown Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes