Acceptable Outcome Quotes

It’s less important to have unanimity than it is making the right decisions and doing the right thing, even though at the outset it might be loathsome.

“Consensus” … is only another way of describing the issues that have been taken off the table.

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

You want a happy ending, but not such a ridiculous happy ending that it doesn't mean anything to anybody.

We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.

A draw is the lesser of two evils. A loss or a draw, then obviously we are going to take the draw.

Quick enough, if good enough.

It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.

We have not fully pleased anybody and that's a good sign.

I thought, "What the hell happened with James Comey ? Who did this? I mean, the only people clamoring for this are the Democrats! What the hell?" My initial reaction was, "Why do the Democrats get what they want in every damn one of these things?" Then I had to stop and catch myself. It's not just the Democrats. This is the Washington establishment. As I looked at it, digested more, I started reading this universal love and admiration for Robert Mueller. And I started saying, "Everybody's happy with this! This is the most acceptable outcome there could have been".