Mary

“My dad always told me, “Son, you’ll never know love until you have a child. It’s not like the love for a parent, or a spouse, or a sibling.” At the time, I had no frame of reference, so I didn’t get it. Preston reminds me every day of my dad’s wisdom. He was, of course, correct. I probably would have spent my career in New Orleans, practicing and teaching law—if not for one phone call.”
― John Kennedy, How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

“Schools are for education, not indoctrination.”
― John Kennedy, How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

“Governor Edwards quipped, “The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.”
― John Kennedy, How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

“The interview ended, and I didn’t think much about what I said. Looking back, I think it was actually a pretty tame way to describe my initial feelings about Washington. But soon it became clear that some of my Senate colleagues did not appreciate me talking this way about the Senate and, by extension, about them. It was nothing mean or really overt, just a few casual comments from my colleagues reminding me of the importance of tradition, custom, and decorum in the United States Senate, called by many the world’s greatest deliberative body. In other words, this is not a place where you’re supposed to say the quiet part out loud.”
― John Kennedy, How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will