Charlie Cook quote: "A lot of members of Congress just like to hear themselves. They want to issue a press release back home. They want to make a little bit of a splash in the local papers, local TV stations, (but) most of these things aren't going to be enacted into law."

It's too far out to extrapolate. But for now, House and Senate Republicans are pretty much joined at...
CHARLIE COOK

They know they have horrible problems and they came up with the least risky move they could make.
CHARLIE COOK

If Democrats want to argue that the administration misrepresented and distorted the prewar intellige...
CHARLIE COOK

Right now Mississippi is at the top ebb of the sort of power curve and Louisiana is in a bit of a sl...
CHARLIE COOK

It can't hurt the president to remove himself from the current context of scandals, miscues and part...
CHARLIE COOK

Usually you jump up a little bit, then there's a settling back down of a few points after that,
CHARLIE COOK

The swagger is gone from this White House.
CHARLIE COOK

There's no simple answer.
CHARLIE COOK

They need a win. With the exception of [the confirmation of Chief Justice John G.] Roberts, they hav...
CHARLIE COOK

Today, the playing field is tilted in favor of Democrats. It doesn't mean it will be tilted as much ...
CHARLIE COOK

The quickest, simplest, easiest thing a home-owner can do is to create a defensible space around the...
CHARLIE COOK

The exemplary focus, discipline and execution that was so prevalent during (Bush's) first term is so...
CHARLIE COOK

The most classic case of the Peter Principle I've ever seen in American politics. In a business wher...
CHARLIE COOK

A less visible part of the damage done by Katrina may be what's happened to the President's approval...
CHARLIE COOK

I think people have a sense that right now Democrats are completely powerless in Washington, that th...
CHARLIE COOK

Anything that focuses media and public attention on Iraq war casualties day after day — particular...
CHARLIE COOK

He'll be a force, but obviously it will be a blow if his signature issue goes down in flame.
CHARLIE COOK

Those who landed in Rhode Island or Utah, I doubt will stay, ... But those in Baton Rouge, Shrevepor...
CHARLIE COOK

The risk is enormous to Democrats. Even talking about censure or impeachment threatens to really agi...
CHARLIE COOK

By an eight-point margin, voters are now more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans; ...
CHARLIE COOK

I think President Clinton would have liked to have traveled a lot in early '93 and reconnect with pe...
CHARLIE COOK

By almost every relevant measurement, national polls indicate that Republicans are at least as bad o...
CHARLIE COOK

I think the iPhone is the best consumer product ever. That's what I feel about it. And it's ...
TIM COOK

We collectively, to get things done, work together as a team. Because the work really happens horizo...
TIM COOK

I'm able to use this spring training to really prepare for the season, where normally I'd have to co...
AARON COOK

I know the situation and would be happy to talk with him, but I'm not going to call him out of the b...
AARON COOK

Everybody's finding their roles. It's like the pieces of the puzzle are coming together for us.
AARON COOK

That's something people like to talk about a lot, and I know it would be a great honor to get the ba...
AARON COOK

I went after them with my sinker and mixed in some sliders and changeups. I kept them off balance.
AARON COOK

Once the doctors told me I was healthy, I knew it was just a matter of time before I was able to get...
AARON COOK

It's been aggravating for me at times going through struggles and seeing other guys go through strug...
AARON COOK

It's not like anyone in this division is overpowering. If teams take us for granted, we're going to ...
AARON COOK

It wasn't my best. You take the bad with the good. Sometimes the bad is good enough.
AARON COOK

I kinda made it tough on them, pitching only five innings. I tip my hat to them, they had to do a lo...
AARON COOK

We're going to go on a reconnaissance mission to see how other cities are handling this problem, tal...
AL COOK

We have every reason to believe our existing suppliers will expand.
AL COOK

It's a common problem with older shopping centers.
AL COOK

We've been in contact with the developer who owns the shopping center for the past two or three week...
AL COOK

In the short term, any time a big deal like this happens nearby, it puts pressure on other businesse...
AL COOK

My view is that music and arts and the things we bring through the arts council are like the glue th...
AL COOK

Many of them are men who began to learn very young and showed extraordinary ability. Some have been ...
AL COOK

We've made it a practice to go to jazz events across the country, and we're careful to get people wh...
AL COOK

It's a first-class lineup of some of the greatest jazz players in the whole country.
AL COOK

We've got to keep working with these developers and encouraging them to revitalize. We keep our fing...
AL COOK

I am very bullish on India because of its people, its culture, and the leadership. I love the cultur...
TIM COOK

Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn't have to be burdened with...
SCOTT COOK

It is a niche opportunity for National Savings, it won't have a big impact on us.
ALAN COOK

Ultimately, they still had to sell. You have to give them credit for realizing they weren't going to...
ALAN COOK

The problem before was that the chapter was in over its head with this building,
ALAN COOK

In our discussions, part of the plan is to put into writing a memorandum of understanding that the m...
ALAN COOK

He likes to dribble a lot, ... so I told our defenders to just stay on his back, don't let him turn....
ALAN COOK

All of the paintings in the Museum Art Online collection are known to have a status of world-wide fa...
ALAN COOK

It turns out that people - in every country in the world, there's a segment of buyer that wants ...
TIM COOK

Kevin took the pressure off me, I just played my own game and watched from the other end.
ALASTAIR COOK

Wicket has not spun as we thought it would. But the signs are there (that it will turn tomorrow). If...
ALASTAIR COOK

I enjoyed the great experience of playing against India on its own ground, with the fans cheering al...
ALASTAIR COOK

Sometimes opportunities come and you've got to try and take it.
ALASTAIR COOK

David told me I was going as cover for Vaughan and to enjoy it,
ALASTAIR COOK

It's unfortunate for Vaughan to be injured but a great opportunity for me and I will make the most o...
ALASTAIR COOK

I'm very excited about it and can't wait to get together with the rest of the squad.
ALASTAIR COOK

He has been fantastic. It is great, he every now and then takes you aside and gives you little bits ...
ALASTAIR COOK

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be heading to Pakistan,
ALASTAIR COOK

It was a great feeling to see that ball go through for four, it was unbelievable. It might be a clic...
ALASTAIR COOK

Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.
BARBARA COOK

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been do...
BARBARA COOK

I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.
BARBARA COOK

On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the fi...
BARBARA COOK

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 ...
BARBARA COOK

New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphon...
BARBARA COOK

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have m...
BARBARA COOK

I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.
BARBARA COOK

The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.
DAN COOK

As a comedian, I am obligated to tell you the truth, my truth. To share with you my beliefs, my pers...
DANE COOK

My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I wa...
DANE COOK

I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.
DANE COOK

I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.
DANE COOK

Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He'll come to a lot of my shows. It's not tha...
DANE COOK

I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thou...
DANE COOK

Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
DANE COOK

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
DANE COOK

I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.
DANE COOK

I was not a silly kid or outgoing. In fact, I suffered from quite a bit of anxiety. I used to have p...
DANE COOK

I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is ve...
DANE COOK

No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling,...
DANE COOK

My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
DANE COOK

Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.
DANE COOK

I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
DANE COOK

In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.
DANE COOK

I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?&#...
DANE COOK

We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
DANE COOK

I'm a late-night guy.
DANE COOK

My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately aft...
DANE COOK

My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'
DANE COOK

If haters or whatever want to find you - I mean, some of them are so tenacious. You want to hire the...
DANE COOK

Ready yourselves!' Mullone heard himself say, which was strange, he thought, for he knew his men wer...
DAVID COOK

More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.
GLEN COOK

If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell.
DAVID COOK

I'm your friend, and friends don't let friends die.
C.B. COOK

Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start when memory plays an old tune on the heart!
ELIZA COOK

You need to have enough immediate profits that you can finance the long-range growth without dilutin...
PAUL COOK

Better build schoolrooms for the boy, than cells and gibbets for the man.
ELIZA COOK

Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best.
JOSEPH COOK

Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the t...
TED COOK

Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.
ELIZA COOK

The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings.
DAN COOK

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?
ELIZA COOK

The narrower the mind, the broader the statement.
TED COOK

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
JOSEPH COOK

On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
ELIZA COOK

I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
RICH COOK

'Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can, That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman."
ELIZA COOK

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-pro...
RICK COOK

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a...
DANE COOK

I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bri...
DANE COOK

Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only ...
SCOTT COOK

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this gre...
DANE COOK

Who would not rather trust and be deceived?
ELIZA COOK

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations...
JAMES COOK

We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution.
SCOTT COOK

Let your joy be in your journey - not in some distant goal.
TIM COOK

I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success.
TIM COOK

When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
DANE COOK

If I wasn't acting, all I'd do is ride my bike. I've always loved doing that.
MASON COOK

Pain and humiliation is always amusing when it happens to someone else.
EILEEN COOK

I'm joking," She said to the group. Ah, the joking defense. The tried and true excuse for bullies ev...
EILEEN COOK

You only have to bat a thousand two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go...
BEANO COOK

I think each person, if you're a CEO, the most important thing is to have - to me, is to pick pe...
TIM COOK

My sons picked up trash for 21/2 hours one day. The next day, there was so much trash, it looked lik...
ANDREA COOK

We're talking long-term, ... It's very scary. To really do what we need to do as humans, we need to ...
ANDREA COOK

They just have so many challenges, from babies to elderly, that the least we can do is help,
ANDREA COOK

They need a feeling of family, I think, more than anything. A sense of caring,
ANDREA COOK

I knew we needed to do something. We're a large church with big, open arms,
ANDREA COOK

We're just here to play basketball. When we were 2-5, nobody was protesting, so that's just how it i...
ANDRE COOK

We just try to encourage him. His No. 1 job is to shoot, and we know sometimes shooters aren't alway...
ANDRE COOK

It's a beautiful, beautiful thing. It's exciting for the kids and they are really looking forward to...
ANDRE COOK

We've been expecting Al to step up like that all year. I think he's one of the best shooters in the ...
ANDRE COOK

I don't think the tough games really rattle us. I think those experiences in the past made this game...
ANDRE COOK

It's a beautiful thing; it's fun. We're going to defend the crown ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â...
ANDRE COOK

We've been on him all year. We expect a lot of our Alfred because he has so much potential. And I do...
ANDRE COOK

All I told our guys was, 'Back in December, they won the wrong game,' you know what I mean? We'll ta...
ANDRE COOK

Manny is the heart and soul of our team. He came back with a desire and fire that spread through the...
ANDRE COOK

Hey, the other team played really well. They hit some shots from what, the hash mark. If they hit sh...
ANDRE COOK

Maybe the only way to make the life I'd been wishing for a reality was to do something big. If desti...
EILEEN COOK

On our own, we are marshmallows and dried spaghetti, but together we can become something bigger.
C.B. COOK

I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for th...
DAVID COOK

You've got to spend money to get money. That's an important part of economic development ... If you ...
ANN COOK

It shines a spotlight on reading.
ANN COOK

Our evenings won't be the same without a bucket of toads to carry.
ANN COOK

I'm a 44-year-old granny emotionally involved with toads.
ANN COOK

If you look at the automobile in many countries, there is a certified pre-owned market for Lexus, BM...
TIM COOK

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. S...
GLEN COOK

If you're happy, you eat. If you're sad, you eat. You lose a job, you eat. You get a job, you eat. I...
BARBARA COOK

I stopped drinking because my body simply would not do it anymore. And fortunately, when I saw that ...
BARBARA COOK

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
BARBARA COOK

All of these deep, deep emotional things, good and bad, so that if you're able to do that, then ther...
BARBARA COOK

A dollar a pound? ... You know broccoli rabe is $2.99 in the store, a pound.
BARBARA COOK

New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. ...
BARBARA COOK

We were rooting for them, and they were rooting for us. After they won, they came by our locker room...
ASHANTI COOK

We weren't really looking at our height. We were just going to play team defense. We weren't worried...
ASHANTI COOK

I guess you could say its tough. But for the most part we've been winning that way, with different p...
ASHANTI COOK

The say seniors step up in big situations, and that's pretty much what we did. Seeing as we've been ...
ASHANTI COOK

We came in, and it was kind of rough, because we struggled for a couple of years. But, you know, we ...
ASHANTI COOK

Now our jitters are out so now it's time to play basketball. Like we said before, we're not here to ...
ASHANTI COOK

That was my first dunk in four years, and it felt good. Hey, I've got a little bounce, a little some...
ASHANTI COOK

The first game, I think we got the jitters out. Now it's time to play basketball. We're not here to ...
ASHANTI COOK

When Jill and Claire hit, everybody seems to hit the ball. We get runners on, but then nobody follow...
AMY COOK

If we can score a couple runs early we're ready to go, but when we sit around and wait for something...
AMY COOK

There's just not enough room at that airport.
AMY COOK

I want to see Saunders play some other positions because she moves so well.
AMY COOK

Defensively, we'll fine. What we're focusing hard on is batting fundamentals in order to become a be...
AMY COOK

Right now I'm waiting for that magic moment when they each break into the right role. There are a lo...
AMY COOK

We started talking and realized we had the same interest in science education.
AMY COOK

France has always had a special place for Apple. This is the best place to discover and chat with al...
TIM COOK

We're a big mental health Band-Aid.
BILL COOK

The opportunity is almost wide open. All 12 national wildlife refuges and state wildlife areas in th...
BILL COOK

It's just something that honors them [law officers] for all they do. And that's why we're here today...
BILL COOK

There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door. But the reality is if you put a...
TIM COOK

A back door is a nonstarter. It means we are all not safe... I don't support a back door for any...
TIM COOK

Augmented reality will take some time to get right, but I do think that it's profound.
TIM COOK

I'm excited about Augmented Reality because unlike Virtual Reality, which closes the world out, ...
TIM COOK

I have to feel myself doing what's right. If I'm the arbiter of that instead of letting the ...
TIM COOK

I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always re...
DANE COOK

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it p...
JAMES COOK

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the pro...
TIM COOK

If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.
CLAIRE COOK

He's probably our only player who is good enough to handle that position. He's a bull.
BRIAN COOK

It wasn't our regular on-side kick, ... I don't know if Brady (Trujillo) just hit it wrong or what
BRIAN COOK

He was supposed to wear my (college) jersey during warmups. I couldn't find one. I made him wear a b...
BRIAN COOK

They're excited about me coming back this year,
BRIAN COOK

The next year is a big year for me. I'll just work hard, play my hardest and see what happens.
BRIAN COOK

We'd prefer to have a seven-day break, but there's not much you can do about it.
BRIAN COOK

I'm happy Phil is back. I'm very happy about it. He really doesn't play rookies but I'm not a rookie...
BRIAN COOK

I hope they do, but if they don't it's not going to be the end of the world because I'll be able to ...
BRIAN COOK

I have one more year on my contract so this is a big year for me,
BRIAN COOK

It was a pretty emotional shot, ... It looked like we kind of celebrated a little too early.
BRIAN COOK

She was a good woman, and I think she'd appreciate her name being attached to a building that will h...
BRUCE COOK

It's always been a challenge for students to find affordable housing in this area.
BRUCE COOK

I would guess we got 20 to 24 inches at least. I'm sure we got a couple of feet. Sunday afternoon I ...
BRUCE COOK

What Charlie did was facilitate and pay people who were going to help people exercise their franchis...
BRUCE COOK

A lot of members of Congress just like to hear themselves. They want to issue a press release back home. They want to make a little bit of a splash in the local papers, local TV stations, (but) most of these things aren't going to be enacted into law.

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Charlie Cook

A lot of members of Congress just like to hear themselves. They want to issue a press release back home. They want to make a little bit of a splash in the local papers, local TV stations, (but) most of these things aren't going to be enacted into law.

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