Ann Richards

Quotes by Ann Richards

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Politician · American · 1933–2006

American politician (1933–2006)

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“But I'll tell you something sort of interesting. There's something, you know, there's something a little scary about funny women. Well, they're threatening. And there was a survey done one time whe...”
— Ann Richards

“The regular Democratic Party and its organization was run by men who looked on women as little more than machine parts.”
— Ann Richards

“I have seen the very bottom of life: I was so afraid I wouldn’t be funny anymore. I just knew that I would lose my zaniness and my sense of humor. But I didn’t. Recovery turned out to be a wonderfu...”
— Ann Richards

“The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perf...”
— Ann Richards

“Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.”
— Ann Richards

“If you give us the chance, we can perform. After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels”
— Ann Richards