#kennedy

In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#being #certain #decisions #get #him

Question for your life: If Ted Kennedy made it to heaven, do you think he’s pleased with the fact that Jesus can turn water into wine? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#alcoholic #alcoholism #heaven #jesus #pleasure

The world fell apart. Sirhan Sirhan shot Bobby Kennedy. Why were people shooting all the Kennedys? Had the country gone mad? ↗

— Lorna Luft

#bobby #bobby kennedy #country #fell #gone

In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#entire life #had #him #i #implicitly

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#brains #cared #classic #classic example #drive

We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable when we got the greatest flying machine in the world sitting down at Kennedy in a garage there with nothing to do. ↗

— Gene Cernan

#any #being #capability #down #flying

Don't pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. ↗

— JFK

#jfk #kennedy #life #lives #pray

We cannot know for certain how long we have here. We cannot foresee the trials or misfortunes that will test us along the way. We cannot know God's plan for us. What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves. We can learn from our mistakes and grow from our failures. And we can strive at all costs to make a better world, so that someday, if we are blessed with the chance to look back on our time here, we can know that we spent it well; that we made a difference; that our fleeting presence had a lasting impact on the lives of other human beings. ↗

— Barack Obama

#love

That wasn’t about you personally. It’s...I don’t hang out much alone. I mean—I don’t often hang out with guys. Alone. They usually make me... uh....” Panic, turn bright red, feel dizzy, want to vomit, stutter, stop breathing, drop things, die from the inside out, and let’s not forget head-butt the people I truly love until they require hospitalization. ↗

— Anne Eliot

#unmaking-hunter-kennedy #love

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons. ↗

— Adam Clymer

#book #came #chief #congressional #correspondent