Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
- Sam Rayburn
Build, Kick, Takes, Barn
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
- Sam Rayburn
Build, Kick, Takes, Barn
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
- Sam Rayburn
Wait, Extraordinary, Good Action
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
- Sam Rayburn
Man, Common, Sense, Common Sense
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
- Sam Rayburn
Mouth, Shut, His, Command
You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
- Sam Rayburn
Tell, Mixed, Then, Never Forget
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
- Sam Rayburn
Big, Get, Too, Trouble
Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
- Sam Rayburn
Remember, Never, Always, Last Time
A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
- Sam Rayburn
Independent, Ice, Hog, Damn
The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.
- Sam Rayburn
Actor, Line, Direct, Collective
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
- Sam Rayburn
Leader, How, Other, Ask
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
- Sam Rayburn
Mistake, Congress, Too, Critics
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