“Frankly that's what makes such a big difference between President Obama on one hand and Mitt Romney on the other. Gov. Romney has not walked in those shoes of the ordinary Americans and frankly I don't think he has the capacity to quite understand the struggle that the 98 percent of Americans go through every single day.” ThinkingHandsBigsPresidentDifferencesStruggleOrdinaryPercentCapacityShoesPresident ObamaRomney Author:Ken Salazar
“...but there isn't going to be any First Lady. There is just to be plain, ordinary Mrs. Roosevelt...I never wanted to be the president's wife, and don't want it now. You don't quite believe me, do you? Very likely no one would-except possibly some woman who had had the job.” WantFirstsBelieveWantedJobsPresidentWifeOrdinaryBelieve In MeFirst Lady Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right, the guy who runs Facebook got mad at the NSA for spying on people. Talk about the pot unfriending the kettle!” PeopleRunningGuyPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeComedyPolicyOrdinaryEthicsConstitutionMarkMadHuman RightsSocial MediaTerrorismComplainingIdeologyPotPresident ObamaFree SpeechFoundersSpyDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceNsaKettlesZuckerberg Author:Jimmy Fallon
“We do not have a South African as a member of the African Commission. The President of the Commission comes from Mali, the Deputy comes from Rwanda and then we have got all these other members, ordinary commissioners. There is no South African there. And the reason, again, for that is not because we didn't have South Africans who are competent.” ReasonPresidentMembersOrdinarySouthSouth AfricaCompetentRwandaDeputiesCommissionersMali Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.” ImportantHouseFeltPresidentSpaceCitizensTravelOrdinaryExcitementRepresentativesFunny TravelSpace TravelOrdinary Citizens Author:Christa McAuliffe
“In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. It's jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead of stew.” ShouldMindPresidentRoomsFrontsObjectsFindingsOrdinarySnowPotFlagsHungMarblePillarsStewVipersPresident Snow Book:Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) Source: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
“The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.” PeopleFacesBeliefGivenPresidentChanceLibertyDemocracyDangerOrdinaryExtremesTyrannyVotingGlobesPresident BushEnslavementGiven A Chance Author:John Ensign