Quotes of Poll - somelinesforyou

“ Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. ”

- W. C. Fields

“ Our elections are free — it's in the results where eventually we pay. ”

- Bill Stern

“ A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket. ”

- Malcolm X

“ There ain't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket. ”

- Will Rogers

“ At election time, we see politicians posturing as if they were in the center, because the center really determines the outcome of American elections,... Washington Unwrapped. ”

- Richard Darman

“ But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had. ”

- Joe Biden

“ You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote. ”

- James E. Rogers

“ I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're not doing too bad in those polls. ”

- President George W. Bush

“ The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation's pulse, you can't be sure that the nation hasn't just run up a flight of stairs. ”

- Elwyn Brooks White

“ The total collapse of the public opinion polls shows that this country is in good health. A country that developed an airtight system of finding out in advance what was in people's minds would be uninhabitable. ”

- Elwyn Brooks White

“ A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. ”

- Dan Quayle

“ A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November. ”

- Kevin Nealon

“ A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought. ”

- Warren Buffett

“ I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex. ”

- Erma Bombeck

“ Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode: Though the storm do beat down on my poll, There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road, An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul. ”

- William Barnes

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ Thanks for coming out on such a hot day. I was sweating like Saddam Hussein watching Bush's poll numbers drop. ”

- Jay Leno

“ A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away. ”

- Dennis Miller

“ Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. ”

- John Quincy Adams

“ Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. ”

- Franklin P. Adams

“ I never vote for anyone. I always vote against. ”

- W. C. Fields

“ Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. ”

- Bernard Baruch

“ Where annual elections end where slavery begins. ”

- John Quincy Adams

“ The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count them decide everything. ”

- Joseph Stalin

“ I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, "Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.". ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates. ”

- Howard Zinn

“ Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Where annual elections end, there slavery begins. ”

- John Adams

“ A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. ”

- Bill Vaughn

“ The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. ”

- Charles Bukowski
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