Neil Simon
Playwright
"Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity."
Candidates quotes
Candidates
37 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Gracie Allen
Actress, Comedian
"I'm the candidate who forgot to take off her hat before she threw it in the ring."
Theresa May
Politician
"Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public."
Barack Obama
Politician
"I'm not just a candidate, I'm the President"
Kin Hubbard
Cartoonist, Humorist
"The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street."
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"I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again."
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"You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn't exist."
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"I consider myself an excellent candidate... because I care."
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"The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives."
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"The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them."
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"My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate."
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"Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate."
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"I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates."
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