Top 144 Quotes & Sayings by Rick Scott - Page 2

I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters' job.

Let's remember, the Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years.

Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid, and we're not going to implement exchanges.

America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.

My goal, one-hundred percent, is to get individuals and companies to move to Florida.

If you look at Governor Romney's family, he's been very successful. He's built a great family, very committed to his wife.

No mother, or father, should despair over whether or not they can afford - or access - the health care their child needs.

I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.

I love the 20 million people that live in my state and 100 million tourists.

I need a partner in D.C. that cares about jobs.

Faced with a deep recession, some say the answer is to expand the role of government.

The Miccosukee facility in Miami only offers bingo, poker, and video gambling machines. Because it does not have slot machines or table games, the Miccosukee tribe doesn't need an agreement with the state. The Miccosukees only answer to the federal government.

I'm very proud that 40 sheriffs have endorsed me.

The CDC and the federal government have already admitted that they have failed to get ahead of the spread of Ebola in Texas, and we aren't going to let that happen in Florida.

I believe in the principle that if you have more competition, it will drive down the prices.

I had a mother that told me what to do all my life, and I traded that in for a wife. We got married two years out of high school which is not what you tell your kids to do, right?

My position on immigration has been clear for a long time. I believe the federal government ought to do their job. You know, secure our borders. Come up with an immigration policy that Americans understand and people who want to come to this country understand.

We know Zika's not going to go on vacation.

I grew up in the Methodist church. My wife grew up in the Baptist church. And wives get everything they want. So we got married in the Baptist church.

In business, you learn from mistakes. In government, they never do.

When businesses think of locating in North America, I want to make sure that they think first about Florida.

I think Senator Marco Rubio was a very good speaker of the House, has been a very good senator.

Allowing casinos to operate without having races could result in the end of dog racing in Florida as we know it. Right now, greyhound racing is in many cases a money-losing proposition, but the dog tracks are forced to continue it because they have to have races in order to operate the lucrative casinos.

There's a book out called 'How Money Walks' written by Travis Brown. He's followed annual adjusted gross income from 1992 to 2011. Approximately $100 billion has moved to Florida from all over the country. Number two is Arizona. Where does it come from? It's come from New York; it's come from New Jersey; and it's come from California.

Successful companies hire people.

Foreign policy is important.

Somebody's going to have to stand up to ISIS. It is a threat. When we have Americans beheaded, when we have people posing as refugees and become terrorists as in France, this is a scary time in the world.

Every business has to figure out how to make itself more efficient. They've got to use technology. They've got to use the Internet, things like that. We can do the same thing with our state colleges.

I support Donald Trump because I believe he's a businessperson that's going to get the economy going, but also he's going to focus on how we destroy ISIS.

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

It's time for an end to the Republican-on-Republican violence.

Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.

I want all tuition to stop growing.

My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.

I grew up in a family struggling for work.

From a very young man, I learned the importance of believing in Jesus Christ, and I have all my life.

With over 20 million residents and 100 million tourists, we must stay ahead of the possible spread of the Zika virus and take immediate action to ensure Florida is prepared.

In Florida, Medicaid is the fastest-growing part of our state budget - hands down. It is increasing at more than 3.5 times the rate of our general revenue.

The pollsters and pundits will keep trying to read voters' minds.

We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.

I want every health care professional, every first-responder, every citizen, every visitor to know that in Florida we continue to prepare for the worst. But we pray for the best.

Everybody that has a measurement, whether it's in teaching or whether it's in your job, you're always worried how you will be measured.

Jesus Christ is my savior.

I believe - I clearly believe that government-run health care will be bad for you as a patient. It will be bad for you as a taxpayer.

Health-care costs when I got into the industry in '88 were 16 percent a year inflation. When I got out in 1997, they were less than 1 percent.

Shipping by water is cheaper than by rail, which is cheaper than by truck.

While the federal government is committed to paying 100% of the cost of new people in Medicaid, I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care.

Students who have spent their childhood here in Florida deserve to qualify for the same in-state tuition rate at universities their peers and classmates do.

I think we ought to leave the law exactly the way it is, the 14th amendment.

I don't think it's good in any business for anyone to have a monopoly. On the other hand, you need to have size to get costs down.

Ben Carson's either the angriest person in the world or the calmest.

Do you want to use your tax dollars to educate more people who can't get jobs? I want to make sure that we spend our money where people can get jobs when they get out.

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.

Everybody handles protesters differently.

I'm not going to suggest to a delegate at what they ought to do.

I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses.

When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

I'm never going to become an expert on how you get delegates. I think what you've got to do is follow the will of voters.

Nobody would think that anybody on a terror watch list should have a gun, right?

Here in Florida, we know plenty about the Castro brothers, and we hear stories of their ruthless and violent rule far too often. It is shameful that we would grant them any shred of legitimacy.