Joseph P. Kennedy

“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.”

“Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.”

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

“He's a great kid. He hates the same way I do.”

“More men die of jealousy than of cancer.”

“We must get into the picture business. This is a new industry and a gold mine. it looks like another telephone industry.”

“I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.”

“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.”

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

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

“He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks.”