Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am going to start by saying that, being 68 years of age, I oftentimes do things that may not be the smartest, and one of the things I did yesterday was play basketball due to the influence of my bald-headed chief of staff Dylan Laslovich and my legislative director Justin Folsom, who I have no comments for, quite frankly. (Laughter.) So if I shed a tear while I am up here today, it won't be because I am emotional; it will be because my back is killing me right now. (Laughter.) Look, I have seen a number of these exit speeches. To be honest with you, they remind me of a bit of an obituary. And the truth is, this is the end of this moment in time, this last 18 years that I have spent in the U.S. Senate, but the truth is, there have been other periods of time very similar to that throughout my life. When I went to school and high school and college, for example, it was about an 18-year period. When that time period was over with, we moved on. My wife Sharla and I cut meat for almost exactly 18 years on the farm--a custom butcher shop. When we shut that down when I got in the State legislature, that period of time in our lives was over. And now my time in the Senate is over. By the way, every one of those time periods was wrapped around by my family and I--Sharla and I in particular--doing production agriculture on the family farm. Now I will tell you that I expected to serve 12 years in this body when I got here.…”