Quotes by Bert Lance

Bert Lance

American businessman

Lived from: 1931 - 2013

Category: Business and entrepreneurs

Born: 3 june 1931 Died: 15 august 2013

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  • Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.
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  • All these years, they've been giving lip service to saying that we are a party that is inclusive instead of exclusive. We've said the Democratic Party has a great big umbrella, and everybody can be comfortable under that umbrella. If they didn't mean it, then it ought to be pulled apart.
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  • Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.
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  • I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.
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  • I've always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.
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  • If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. You don't send him back to the firehouse and say, 'Send somebody else.'
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  • If you have a situation where you need help, it doesn't make any difference where it comes from.
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  • In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.
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  • In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.
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  • Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.
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  • Some people just decide they won't vote for you, but it doesn't have to be all negative.
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  • The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bert Lance?

The two most famous quotes from Bert Lance are:

  • "Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are."
  • "All these years, they've been giving lip service to saying that we are a party that is inclusive instead of exclusive. We've said the Democratic Party has a great big umbrella, and everybody can be comfortable under that umbrella. If they didn't mean it, then it ought to be pulled apart."

When did Bert Lance live?

Bert Lance was born in 1931 and died in the year 2013.