Quotes from Sam Rayburn

When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

To get along, go along.

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it.

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

Youll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you dont have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

If you want to get along, go along.

There's no education in the second kick of a mule