“You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.” SchoolJobsPresidentTeacherStandardsComedianHold MeSchool TeachersBunkers Author:Tracy Morgan
“President-elect Barack Obama is starting to get an idea of just how hard his new job is going to be. Today, he said he wanted to bring a sense of accountability to Washington. I think they realized actual accountability, never going to happen.” ThinkingSaidIdeasHardHappensTodayWantedJobsPresidentStartingBarackAccountabilityNew Job Author:Jay Leno
“President Bush says in the last month he has created 300,000 new jobs. Yeah, they're called Kerry campaign workers.” JobsLastsPresidentMonthsYeahWorkersCampaignsPresident BushNew Job Author:Craig Kilborn
“There's a rumor that President George Bush had a nose job, that he had some kind of plastic surgery, that he actually had a nose job. If this is true, that's the first new job he's created since taking office.” IfsFirstsKindJobsPresidentOfficeNosesPlasticSurgeryRumorPlastic SurgeryNew Job Author:David Letterman
“Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down.” LooksCountryMightJobsSongNextSoundPresidentLosesBreakDogDiedStartingTexasBreaking DownTruckPresident Bush Author:Jay Leno
“I cannot imagine a worse job than being president of these Untied States in these most trying of times. President Barack Obama has been under siege from every side for the entirety of his time in office.” TryingHas BeensStatesJobsSidesPresidentImagineOfficeBarackPresident Barack ObamaEntiretySiegeUnder Siege Author:Beth Broderick
“My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do.” TryingLooksMadeJobsPresidentDecisionLeaderStepsMajorityMarchTroopsLocksSupportiveInputOur TroopsMajority Leader Author:Trent Lott
“If you're the president you only have two jobs: peace and money.” IfsTwoJobsPresidentTwo Jobs Author:Chris Rock
“As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and then you rely upon the generals and admirals and commanders to give you their expert advice on the tools needed to carry out that objective.” GivingJobsPresidentDecisionAdviceNeededToolsLaysObjectivesChiefsExpertsRelyCombatDay To DayCommandersCommander In ChiefRely UponAdmiral Author:Ted Cruz
“...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
“I was able to do something that people cant do these days, which is to have quality time with the guys who were trying to be president and a number of them who got the job.” PeopleTryingAbleJobsGuyPresidentNumbersQualityThese DaysCantQuality Time Author:Robert Scheer
“The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.” PeopleJobsGrowsSidesPresidentInspireCapacityObstaclesRemove Author:Vicente Fox
“As [House] speaker, I came back, working with President Bill Clinton. We passed a very Reagan-like program: less regulation, lower taxes. Unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent. We created 11 million jobs.” JobsHousePresidentMillionsTaxesPercentProgramBillsClintonSpeakersRegulationUnemploymentPresident Bill Clinton Author:Newt Gingrich
“Well, I think that there's a clear record, I worked with Ronald Reagan in the early '80s and his recovery program translated into today's population of about 25 million new jobs in a seven-year period. As Speaker of the House, I worked with President Clinton and he followed with a very similar plan. And we ended up with about 11 million new jobs in a four-year period.” ThinkingYearsWellsTodayJobsHousePresidentMillionsClearRecordsFourPlansPeriodsProgramClintonSevenPopulationRecoveryFour YearsSpeakers80sSeven YearsNew JobPresident Clinton Author:Newt Gingrich
“Senator Kerry does not support our troops. If he had won the election, there wouldn't be any troops left in Iraq. President Bush, on the other hand, has given our troops an opportunity to fight without end. That's creating jobs. In fact, the president's policies helped create 104 more job openings last month. Now who's stupid, Senator?” IfsDoeEndsFactsHandsJobsLastsFightingOpportunityLeftGivenPresidentSupportStupidPolicyMonthsCreatingElectionIraqOpeningTroopsSenatorsPresident BushOur TroopsCreating JobsSupport Our Troops Author:Stephen Colbert
“Fidel Castro declared that a robot would do a better job as president than Barack Obama. After hearing this, Mitt Romney thanked Castro for his endorsement.” JobsPresidentHearingBarackRobotsRomneyBetter JobsCastroEndorsements Author:Conan O'Brien
“Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.” MenJobsYoungDiesPresidentHe ManHeightDie Young Author:Nancy Gibbs
“On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch -- engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.” WarLightJobsTimeEvilPresidentDarkViewsDarknessGreaterEffectsMilitaryExcellenceEnginesEngagingOrchestraGood DayMonarchyFrictionClutchDark DaysForward Motion Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti
“In his speech President Bush said we need to rebuild Iraq, provide the people with jobs, and give them hope. If it works there maybe we'll try it in New Orleans.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingTryingSaidJobsPresidentSpeechIraqNew OrleansPresident Bush Author:Jay Leno
“A new poll found that 43 percent of Americans think President Obama is doing a good job at handling the BP oil spill. Of course, the same poll found that 43 percent of Americans hate pelicans.” ThinkingJobsHateCoursesFoundPresidentPercentOilPresident ObamaGood JobPollsSpillsOil SpillPelicans Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Donald Trump announced that he's running for president. During his speech he told the crowd that if elected he would be 'the greatest jobs president that God ever created.' Then God said, 'Hey, don't drag me into this publicity stunt.'” IfsSaidWould BeRunningJobsPresidentTrumpSpeechCrowdsHeyDragPublicity Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Republicans are now saying that Dan Rather should lose his job because he misled the country with bogus information. Which is odd because the Democrats are saying the exact same thing about President Bush.” ShouldCountryJobsPresidentLosesInformationRepublicanDemocratOddPresident BushMisled Author:Jay Leno
“We ought to thank President Bush. He made it a lot easier for people to do taxes this year. No job, no income tax this year.” PeopleYearsMadeJobsPresidentOughtEasierTaxesIncomeMade ItPresident BushIncome Tax Author:Jay Leno
“President Bush said that American workers will need new skills to get the new jobs in the 21st century. Some of the skills they're going to need are Spanish, Chinese, Korean, because that's where the jobs went. Who better than Bush as an example of what can happen when you take a job without any training.” NeedsSaidHappensJobsPresidentCenturyExampleSkillsTrainingWorkersChinese21st CenturyPresident BushKoreanNew JobAmerican WorkersNew Skills Author:Jay Leno
“First ladies are doing a lot. But the job remains undefined, frequently misunderstood, and subject to political attacks far nastier in some ways than those any President has ever faced.” WayFirstsJobsPoliticalPresidentSubjectsRemainsMisunderstoodFirst LadyUndefined Author:Margaret Truman Daniel
“President Bush earned $400,000 for his job as president last year. That's not really that much for being president when you think about it. But President Bush, he doesn't do it for the money, he does it for the eight months of vacation every year.” ThinkingYearsDoeJobsLastsPresidentMonthsEightVacationLast YearPresident Bush Author:Jay Leno
“They said that President Bush's war in Iraq has cost the former Spanish Prime Minister his job. So President Bush isn't losing American jobs anymore, he's branching out to other countries.” SaidWarCountryJobsPresidentCostLosingIraqFormerMinistersPrimeOther CountriesThey SaidPrime MinisterPresident BushAmerican JobsBranching Out Author:Jay Leno
“President Bush went out touting his economic record in Ohio last week. Now this is a state that lost 225,000 jobs since Bush took office. You know, if Bush wants to tout his record, he should do it somewhere where the Bush economy has actually created jobs, like India, or Thailand, or China.” IfsKnowsWantShouldStatesJobsLastsLostPresidentEconomyRecordsWeekEconomicOfficeIndiaChinaPresident BushOhioThailand Author:Jay Leno
“I heard this today and I thought this was fascinating and interesting. President Bush has two daughters, two beautiful daughters, and they may work on their father's presidential campaign after they get out of college and I thought, well, that's a pretty good move because in this economy, they won't be able to find real jobs.” WellsMayTwoRealTodayAbleJobsBeautifulMovingFatherPresidentInterestingEconomyHeardCollegeDaughterCampaignsPresidentialFascinatingPresident BushReal JobsPresidential CampaignTwo DaughtersBeautiful Daughter Author:David Letterman
“President Bush is now focusing on jobs. I think the one job he's focusing most on is his own. The White House is now backtracking from its prediction that 2.6 million new jobs will be created in the U.S. this year. They say they were off by roughly 2.6 million jobs.” ThinkingYearsJobsHousePresidentWhiteMillionsWhite HousePredictionsPresident BushNew JobBacktracking Author:Jay Leno
“In his annual economic report to Congress President Bush said that the transfer of American jobs overseas is actually part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time. So basically, losing your job to someone else can be a good thing. Of course we'll see how he feels about that in November.” FeelsSaidJobsCoursesPresidentEconomyEconomicLosingTransformationGood ThingsCongressReportsPresident BushNovemberTransfersAnnualsAmerican Jobs Author:Jay Leno
“The president is the cube of ice one places in the pot of a houseplant, providing a steady amount of nourishment over the course of a hot day. A good description of the job and also a fantastic bit of practical household advice.” JobsCoursesBitsPresidentAdviceAmountHotPracticalsIceFantasticDescriptionPotSteadyHouseholdProvidingNourishmentCubesHot Days Author:Abraham Lincoln
“I'd like to run for president. Or Prime Minister. I think I could do a better job.” ThinkingRunningJobsPresidentMinistersPrimePrime MinisterBetter Jobs Author:Thom Yorke
“The only argument this president needs to persuade Americans is that sacking Saddam is necessary for the security of America and the West, of civilization as we know it. All those other goals are nice, worthy even, but irrelevant to the job immediately at hand.” KnowsNeedsWarHandsJobsAmericaGoalPresidentNiceSecurityCivilizationArgumentWestWorthyIrrelevantSaddamKnow It AllSacking Author:Wesley Pruden
“The job of being president, understanding the particular policies that America has gotten itself into over the past 400 years.” YearsJobsAmericaPastUnderstandingPresidentPolicyParticularOver The Past Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“The government doesn't run the economy. The economy is run by the private sector. The job of the president is to ensure we [the state] have policies that allow the private sector to grow and prosper.” StatesGovernmentRunningJobsGrowsPresidentEconomyPolicyPrivate Sector Author:Marco Rubio
“Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration.” FirstsJobsPresidentLossAdministrationThings ChangePresident BushHooverJob Loss Author:Tim Johnson
“President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.” PeopleShouldJobsPresidentIdealsAppreciationValuableCreditTreatedTemporaryLoanPresident Reagan Author:Bill Jenkins
“When you are serving volunteer professional military, you take an oath to the Constitution, not to a policy or a president and you swear to obey the lawful orders of the democratically elected government. And so at the end of the day you could table your personal political views and do your job.” EndsGovernmentJobsPoliticalOrderPresidentViewsMilitaryPolicyConstitutionTablesThe End Of The DayServingSwearVolunteerOathPolitical View Author:Nathaniel Fick
“I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before the job is done. And I want our troops to understand we respect them and that the sacrifices they make are noble and necessary for peace.” ThinkingWantDoneJobsCausesPresidentEnemySacrificeNobleViolentTroopsOur TroopsViolent Acts Author:George W. Bush
“You can say the president's private life takes up so much of his time that he doesn't focus on his job, so therefore he's terrible. But in my imagination, the 23 hours of the day that we don't experience, he's very hard at work. He's quite an effective and successful president - in my narcissistic imagination.” HardJobsPresidentHoursImaginationSuccessfulFocusTerribleMy ImaginationPrivate LifeNarcissistic Author:Tony Goldwyn
“We need to have a president that's going to pledge, as I have - I'm going to make America the number-one manufacturer so working men and women can have good paying jobs again in America.” MenNeedsJobsAmericaPresidentNumbersMen And WomenPledgeWorking Man Author:Rick Santorum
“In a recent interview, Hillary Clinton said that one of the jobs that prepared her to be president was sliming fish in Alaska. As opposed to Bill, who learned by catching crabs in Cancun.” SaidJobsPresidentBillsPreparedClintonFishesInterviewsCatchingAlaskaCrabsCancun Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Being president looks like the worst job in the world.” WorldLooksJobsPresidentWorst Author:John Mulaney
“Trump claims he'd be the "best jobs president that God ever created." But isn't his claim to fame firing people?” PeopleJobsPresidentTrumpFameClaimsBeing The BestBest JobFiring Author:Michael R. Burch
“We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.” TryingDoneJobsCoursesPresidentDefinitionsTemptationTimetables Author:George W. Bush