Joseph P. Kennedy

“I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.”

“Whenever you're sitting across from some important person, always picture him sitting there in a suit of long red underwear. That's the way I always operated in business.”

“Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.”

“If there's anything I'd hate as a son-in-law, it's an actor; and if there's anything I think I'd hate worse than an actor as a son-in-law, it's an English actor.”