Quotes by Maxine Waters

• How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.
• I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories.
• I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.
• I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.
• I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.
• That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.
• This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty.
• We must embrace pain and strive for resilience, for only through hardship can we discover our true strength.
• You don’t have to be crazy to be creative, but it helps if you've misplaced your paints.
• Success is just failure in a tuxedo.
• Life is a lot like tofu: it’s what you make of it that’s going to taste good in the end.
• Life is art; paint your own masterpiece, even if your canvas is covered in Doodle marks.
• Intelligence is like a rubber band; it stretches when you think outside your comfort zone.
• Life is like a bowl of soup; it's all about how you spoon it!
• Life is like a cup of coffee; it's all in how you make it and whether you spill it on your shirt!
• Success is like a snowman; the more you build, the harder it gets to keep it from melting!
• Success is like a kaleidoscope; if one sees it shaped by failures, it becomes even more beautiful with every turn.
• Life is like a sandwich; no matter how you artistically arrange the ingredients, it still all boils down to how you choose to enjoy it.
• Creativity is taking a leap into the unknown, wearing roller skates and holding a snack.
• Success isn't about how many times you fall, but how stylishly you get back up.
• Life is a lot like a covers band; it doesn’t matter if you miss a note, just make sure you have a memorable ending.
• Success is the byproduct of a detour after detour — if you're driving like it's the end of the leisurely stroll.
• Remember, even a fish has to swim upstream sometimes; just don’t forget your meat flaps.