“I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.” PeopleShouldArtSaidGuyPresidentChurchPayTvsGoes OnTaxesOrganizationCatholicLeagueOfficialsFundThis GuyTaxpayersCatholic Church Author:Fran Lebowitz
“People say nice things to me -- like that I ought to run for president -- which tells me that they like me. But I have my own deadline for how long I should be in Washington. I think you can get accustomed to red tape and many unfair things that go on in government. Once you stop getting angry about inefficiencies, waste, and injustice, you ought to get out. That's my time limit.” PeopleThinkingShouldLongGovernmentRunningPresidentMy OwnNiceGoes OnOughtLimitsWasteRedAngryInjusticeLike MeMy TimeTapeUnfairAccustomedDeadlineNice ThingsInefficiencyRed TapeTime Limit Author:Elizabeth Holtzman
“Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.” PeopleMenYearsHas BeensStatesBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesProgressGoes OnVictoryListsBlack PeopleCould Have BeenQualifiedCarver Author:Chris Rock
“If [President Obama] does not go on the offensive against ISIS...they are coming here. This is just not about Baghdad, this is just not about Syria, this is about our homeland. And if we get attacked because he has no strategy to protect us, then he will have committed a blunder for the ages.” IfsDoeRealityAgePoliticsPresidentLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolencePolicyGoes OnProtectStrategyCommittedTerrorismIdeologyPresident ObamaForeign PolicyOffensiveSyriaIsisHomelandBlundersBaghdad Author:Lindsey Graham
“I am the president of the sorority and I'm sure there are plenty of people I've pissed off enough to go on a killing spree.” PeopleEnoughPresidentGoes OnKillingPlentyPissed OffSorority Author:Emma Roberts
“Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way.” IfsWayKindNightGuyNextPresidentHalfFeetTvsGoes OnMetsThirtyFiftyShoreRopeDrowningHalf WayKissinger Author:Mort Sahl
“It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.” PeopleTryingMotivationPresidentPsychologyHappenedGoes OnDadComplexesYour DadComplex Relationships Author:Jeb Bush
“And it would be a bit out of character. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have started out as a reformer, but he really enjoys being seen as a larger-than-life tough-guy figure. He doesn't go on photographed hunting expeditions, for instance. But he does have hero moments, such as when his convoy stopped in the middle of the Bosphorus Bridge and he allegedly talked down a jumper, prevented him from committing suicide.” MayDoeMomentsCharacterWould BeGuyBitsEnjoyPresidentMiddleFiguresGoes OnHeroToughSuicideInstanceBridgesHuntingReformersExpeditionsLarger Than LifeTough GuyCommitting SuicideJumpersErdoganBosphorus Author:Peter Kenyon
“That most people will not accept the fact that you are - and who was it that said that eventually Donald Trump is going to go on television and insists he never ran for president?” PeopleSaidFactsPresidentAcceptingTelevisionGoes OnTrumpRan Author:Michelle Goldberg
“I'm not going to go on this fishing expedition that they want me to, that the Democrats want me to, the president has a duty and obligation to comply with the law. But again he's exempt from almost all of these things.” WantLawPresidentDutyGoes OnDemocratObligationFishingWant MeExpeditions Author:Jason Chaffetz
“I'm not just going to go on these fishing expeditions. I didn't do that with President Obama. We didn't go through this with President [Barack] Obama. I think the world and certainly the American voters understand that Donald Trump has mass holdings. He's worth billions of dollars. He's been very successful in business. And I think the American voters understood that when they voted him in.” ThinkingWorldPresidentSuccessfulGoes OnTrumpMassUnderstoodDollarsBillionsBarackFishingVotersPresident ObamaPresident Barack ObamaExpeditionsAmerican Voters Author:Jason Chaffetz
“[J.F Kennedy] was a congressman and a senator and he would go on to be president. I had that idea as a little boy, and I used to joke to people but nobody told me that his father was ambassador to England and that he was a war hero, and he was, you know.” PeopleKnowsLittlesIdeasWarUsedFatherPresidentBoysGoes OnHeroJokesEnglandSenatorsLittle BoysAmbassadorsCongressmanWar Hero Author:Mike Pence
“Cyber security will be an issue that I will be absolutely focused on as president. Because whether it's Russia, or China, Iran or North Korea more and more countries are using hacking to steal our information, to use it to their advantage. And we can't let that go on.” CountryUsePresidentIssuesSecurityInformationGoes OnAdvantageChinaFocusedRussiaStealingIranKoreaNorth KoreaHackingCyberCyber Security Author:Hillary Clinton
“This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne.” WayPresidentGoes OnPresidentialThronesMudRise AboveSpearsFlingFraySurrogates Author:John Podhoretz
“Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races, election outcomes, and box-office results. But they're bad at predicting things like who will be the next Supreme Court nominee, as that depends on the whim of the president.” NextPresidentResultsRaceRecordsInformationGoes OnDependsOfficeHorseElectionCourtHistoricalTrackBoxesAvailableSupremeOutcomesSupreme CourtWhimBox OfficePredictingTrack Record Author:James Surowiecki
“Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.” PresidentForeverGoes OnCourtSupremeSupreme CourtComes And Goes Author:William Howard Taft