“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights.” FeelsMatterLightPainTurnsPresidentWifeLike YouPersonalityDadBillsClintonVicesBranchesExecutivesAlsAnnoyingNerdGoreVice PresidentTurn OffExecutive Branch Author:Jim Gaffigan
“When you're president, the Democrats got to feel good when they walk in the door if you're a Republican; if you're a Democrat, the Republican has to feel like you're listening. And you should be listening.” IfsFeelsShouldPresidentWalksDoorsLike YouListeningRepublicanDemocratFeel Good Author:William J. Clinton
“President Obama just made his first presidential trip to the state of Utah. Obama spent his time in Utah just like you'd expect - telling people, 'Uh, no, I don't play for the Jazz.'” PeopleFirstsMadeStatesPlayPresidentLike YouJazzPresidentialPresident ObamaUtah Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The thing about Barack Obama, just from being around him, is he's cooler than the other politicians, but just nerdy enough to do the job. Like you can't be really cool and be the president.” EnoughJobsPresidentLike YouPoliticianBarackReally CoolNerdy Author:Chris Rock
“With any kind of physical test, I don't know what it is, I always seem to get competitive. Remember when you were in school and they'd do those hearing tests? And you'd really be listening hard, you know? I wanted to do unbelievable on the hearing test. I wanted them to come over to me after and go, 'We think you may have something close to super-hearing. What you heard was a cotton ball touching a piece of felt. We're sending the results to Washington, we'd like you to meet the President.'” ThinkingKnowsKindMayHardSeemsWantedSchoolRememberFeltPresidentResultsPiecesHeardLike YouListeningTestsBallsHearingTouchingUnbelievableRemember WhenCotton Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.” KnowsPresidentTalkingLike YouSkills Author:William J. Clinton
“Look, in particular, at the people who, like you, are making average incomes for doing average jobs- bank vice presidents, insurance salesmen, auditors, secretaries of defense- and you'll realie they all dress the same way, essentially the way the mannequins in the Sears menswear department dress. Now look at the real successes, the people who make a lot more money than you- Elton John, Captain Kangaroo, anybody from Saudi Arabia, Big Bird, and so on. They all dress funny- and they all succeed.” PeopleWayLooksRealBigsJobsPresidentParticularLike YouSucceedBirdDressesAverageVicesDefenseIncomeDepartmentMore MoneySecretaryCaptainsSalesmanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisVice PresidentReal SuccessSearsKangaroosAuditorsBig Bird Author:Dave Barry
“It seems like you can't actually have really bad hair or be bald and run for President of the United States.” StatesSeemsRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesLike YouHairBad Hair Author:Jay Roach
“Nobody is really qualified to be the president. Basically it's an acting job. You have to act like you're the president. And every four years the country holds a big casting call.” YearsCountryBigsJobsPresidentActingFourLike YouFour YearsCastingQualified Author:Richard Jeni
“You know what kills me about Jennifer Lopez? The fact that this woman wakes up one day and she's like, 'You know what? From now on, I'd like people to call me J-Lo,' and then they do it. Only a celebrity can get away with this. George Bush doesn't come out for his morning press conferences: 'From now on, I'd like to be referred to as G-Bu. Y'all know my vice president, Dog Chain.” PeopleKnowsFactsPresidentMorningDogLike YouOne DayWake UpPressesVicesChainsGet AwayCall MeConferencesKill MeVice PresidentJenniferPress Conferences Author:Carol Leifer
“[I]nstead of spending your energy attacking the parts of the president's [health care] proposal you don't like, you can use it to strengthen the parts you do.” UseCareEnergyPresidentLike YouSpendingHealth CareAttackingProposal Author:Kathleen Sebelius
“As for the not-black black president issue - white people can imagine blacks worse off than them, no problem. And now they can imagine blacks better off, no problem. But they still can't imagine black people who are just like them. That's the real problem. That's racism. Not being able to believe that those others are actually just like you.” PeopleBelieveStillsRealProblemAbleBlackPresidentWhiteIssuesImagineLike YouRacismBlack PeopleNo ProblemBetter OffReal Problems Author:Darryl Pinckney
“When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveYoungPresidentPovertyRightsCollegeLike YouMonthsCoupleRepublicanDecidedCivil RightsVotingCampsJohnsonRight To VoteEnding PovertyOff To CollegePresident Johnson Author:Hillary Clinton
“You too would prefer that Russia maintained good relations with both the United Kingdom and the United States, wouldn't you? I would prefer it as well. If anybody in the U.S. or in the United Kingdom says: "I would like to establish good partnership relations with Russia", then both of us, you and me, should welcome that. So should people like me and people like you. However, we have no idea yet what would actually happen after the elections [2016]. That is why I am telling you that we will work with any President designated as such by the American public.” PeopleIfsShouldWellsIdeasStatesHappensPresidentUnitedUnited StatesLike YouRelationElectionRussiaKingdomsLike MeWelcomeNo IdeaPartnershipUnited Kingdom Author:Vladimir Putin
“I want to be the president for all Americans, regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion.” WantLooksPoliticalBeliefPresidentLike YouWhere You ComePolitical Beliefs Author:Hillary Clinton
“You can have these fake engagements, these virtual engagements that substitute for actual engagements. You don't have to participate, you can hit a button, send you 200 dollars to the Barack Obama for President campaign and think it's like you knocked on a door. But you didn't knock on a door.” ThinkingPresidentDoorsLike YouDollarsCampaignsBarackFakeSubstitutesEngagementButtons Author:David Frum
“There were a few before me, there was a generation that started a little bit before me of women producers and Sherry Lansing, she was the first woman studio president, and she was really inspiring to me. I was inspired by other women in other fields, I was an adolescent in the 70s with the second wave feminism, and I got very inspired by that and felt like, you know what, there's no reason why I can't do this.” ReasonPresidentFeminismLike YouInspiredWaveProducers Author:Denise Di Novi