Mazie Hirono Quotes

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

Campaigning is uncomfortable when you start.

Campaigning ain't tough.

If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation.

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

Running for President of the United States requires everyone on the family working on it.

I would love to be a mentor to many people who want to go into the political arena, teach them the art of winning elections.

I was considering running for political office.

I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

When you're putting together a campaign for president, like I've been, that entails a lot of time. It's not like I've been at the beach sipping a pina colada.

I have got everything which a politician needs.

We're running in a primary election. What do you do? You go out and seek support. When you're getting support, that's good. When you're not getting support, that's bad.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.