Brian Cowen Quotes
born 1960
Brian Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach from 7 May 2008 until his retirement on 9 March 2011.
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However, we must not lose sight of the fact that the fundamentals of the economy are still good.
We need to get a handle on this, will you ring those fuckers.
I think it is fair to say that 2007 represents a turning point for the Irish economy.
There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around – and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!.
We have seen already how resistant public opinion is, firstly to comprehension of the new paradigm in which we have to operate; and secondly, to the rationale behind the decisions we have had to take.
As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit...as I believe in, based on my philosophy.
Yeah, well, there's a mirror in the toilet if you want to go in there and talk to them.
' I was reared in a pub – as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I think it gave me a great insight into people.
I believe it is the best method to get the buy-in for the road we have to travel. I believe it is a problem-solving process about how we collectively come forward with a strategy to deal with the issue.
Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as high if you didn't have the problem, it does mean that people say 'well he used his authority to come up with a solution in double-quick time that met with broader public acceptance.