“Rick Perry has made so many gaffes lately, it is hard to tell if he's running against President Obama or Joe Biden.” IfsMadeHardRunningPresidentPresident ObamaBiden Author:Jay Leno
“John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote that our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. George Washington warned us never to indulge the supposition 'that morality can be maintained without religion.'” PeopleMadeStatesPresidentReligiousUnitedMoralUnited StatesMoralityConstitutionScaryIndulgeSupposition Author:Joe Lieberman
“[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.” MadeRealityReligionNextPoliticsPresidentLeadershipPolicyPromiseStrategyIdeologyVotingPresident ObamaFree SpeechMessiah Author:Barbara Walters
“But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress.” PeopleWorldLongMadeUseGovernmentMightForcePresidentInterestDecisionDemocracyViolenceSecurityMilitaryPolicyExampleEthicsConstitutionCongressHuman RightsConvincedChiefsForeign PolicyRootedRepresentativesNational SecurityCommandersCommander In ChiefUse Of Force Author:Barack Obama
“Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing poverty, we must offer nations and people a pathway out of poverty. And as president I've made development a pillar of our foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense.” PeopleMadeNationsPresidentPovertyPolicyDevelopmentOffersDiseaseHungerDefenseForeign PolicyDiplomacyExtremismVacuumsPathwaysPillarsInstability Author:Barack Obama
“If you cloned JFK and Abraham Lincoln and made them president it wouldn't matter. Our system is just too corrupt and too broken. I think that science is corrupt and broken. I think health and nutrition. I think the economic systems, the international relations, the environment, everything, the engines of everything are broken.” IfsThinkingMadeMatterPresidentEnvironmentEconomicBrokenRelationInternationalEnginesNutritionInternational RelationsAbrahamEconomic SystemsHealth And Nutrition Author:Rainn Wilson
“People made a big deal out of the fact this is the first time a sitting president has done a late-night show. We tried to have other presidents on, but President Bush went to bed every night at 9:00. And President Clinton always seemed to have other late-night plans.” PeopleFirstsMadeDoneFactsShowsBigsNightPresidentDealsPlansBedLateSittingFirst TimeClintonEvery NightBig DealPresident BushLate NightPresident Clinton Author:Jay Leno
“Rachel Dolezal stepped down from her position as president of an NAACP chapter after it was revealed that she was a white woman pretending to be black. Now her brother says he knew about it but she asked him not to blow her cover. Unfortunately, her cover had already been blown by God when he made her a blond-haired, blue-eyed white lady.” MadeBlackPresidentWhitePositionBrotherBlueBlowPretendingChaptersBlue EyedNaacp Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Political pundits are saying President George W. Bush has made gains in two key states: dazed and confused.” MadeTwoStatesPoliticalPresidentKeysGainsConfusedPunditsPresident George W BushDazed Author:David Letterman
“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
“It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents.” PeopleArtMadeSeemsPoliticalOrderPoliticsPresidentPartyLordVicesSecureUnfortunatePreferenceVice President Author:Omar N. Bradley
“The more I move among workers and factories and other plants, the stronger I become convinced that it is advisable to have as [a company] president a practical man, preferably one who has risen from the very bottom of the ladder. Workmen, I find, have far more respect for such men than for collar-and-cuff executives knowing little or nothing about the different kinds of work which have to be done by the workers. Wherever circumstances call for placing a financier or lawyer or a papa's son at the head of a large organization, he should be made chairman or some other title, but not president.” MenShouldKindLittlesMadeDifferentDoneMovingPresidentCompanyKnowingSonCircumstancesOrganizationStrongerPlantWorkersBottomConvincedLawyerPracticalsTitlesExecutivesFactoriesDifferent KindsLaddersChairmanRisenCollarsPapaWorkmenCuffsFinanciersAdvisable Author:B. C. Forbes
“In his press conference last night, President Bush said he could not remember a single mistake he had made in the last two years. The president's exact quote was: 'I ain't make none mistakes ever.'” YearsMadeSaidTwoLastsRememberNightPresidentMistakePressesTwo YearsConferencesLast NightPresident BushPress ConferencesOne Mistake Author:Conan O'Brien
“Last night, President Bush gave a prime-time press conference. It was such a big deal that Fox decided to preempt American Idol. Which made sense to me, you don't want too many amateurs on in one night.” WantMadeBigsLastsNightPresidentDealsDecidedPressesPrimeIdolsFoxesConferencesLast NightBig DealPresident BushOne NightAmerican IdolPress ConferencesPrime Time Author:David Letterman
“I truly feel sorry to all the fans of the games I have made. Ninja Gaiden 2, which will launch on the 3rd of June will be the last Ninja Gaiden I will create. I will also never be able to make Dead or Alive 5. I regret the circumstances that have forced me to leave Tecmo, where I had worked for so many years, and I regret the disappointment this will cause my fans. However, I can no longer continue to work with President Yoshimi Yasuda, a man who chooses not to honor promises even when he is able to do so. I truly hope that nothing like this happens again in the future.” MenFeelsYearsMadeI CanHappensAbleLastsGamesCausesPresidentAliveFansRegretHonorCircumstancesPromiseSorryDisappointmentJuneI RegretNinja Author:Tomonobu Itagaki
“I'm blown away. I'm flabbergasted the president [Barack Obama] made the phone call to Rouhani after 30-plus, `79, 33 years or so. And there's a reason we haven't negotiated with Iran, because they're state-sponsored terrorists. They're the central bank for terrorism around the world.” WorldYearsMadeStatesReasonPresidentHavensPhonesTerrorismTerroristAround The WorldBarackIranPlusPhone CallsPresident Barack ObamaCentral BanksBlown Away Author:Barack Obama
“Iran's Supreme Court has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons. President [Hassan] Rouhani has indicated Iran will never develop nuclear weapons. I've made clear that we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of Iran meeting its obligations.” PeopleMadeEnergyPresidentClearDevelopmentWeaponsCourtMeetingsAccessNuclearSupremeObligationPeacefulIranNuclear WeaponsSupreme CourtIranianNuclear EnergyHassan Author:Barack Obama
“Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office, not for his skin color. I certainly believe he has the capacity.” FirstsBelieveDoeMadePresidentColorOfficeCapacitySkinsBarackAfrican AmericanAmerican PresidentSkin Color Author:Lenny Kravitz
“The function of traditional history is to create a citizenry that looks to the top - the president, Congress, the Supreme Court - to make the important decisions. That's what traditional history is all about: the laws that were passed, the decisions made by the court. So much of history is built around "the great men." All of that is very anti-democratic.” MenLooksMadeImportantLawPresidentDecisionBuiltFunctionCourtDemocraticCongressSupremeTraditionalGreat MenSupreme CourtCitizenryDecisions MadeImportant Decisions Author:Howard Zinn
“We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it very clear that the courts can't make a law. The Constitution is expressly clear that that's a power reserved to Congress.” MadeDifferentLawPresidentClearConstitutionCourtIncludingCongressMade ItFoundersReservedHamilton Author:Mike Huckabee
“"Hail to the Chief" was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. "I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for."” YearsMadeFunnyTurnsPresidentWonderOfficeSixOpeningChiefsRemarksGraciousHailReaganomics Author:Kirk Douglas
“I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very careful and to protect yourself down the road a little bit, which is to say you've got to think ahead and think where is the story going to go? What are all the possible outcomes? And how do I protect the president from unexpected twists and turns in the road?” ThinkingKnowsLittlesMadeStoriesTurnsBitsPresidentMistakeProtectLittle BitCarefulPlentyOutcomesUnexpectedTwistsDown The RoadTenureProtect YourselfTwists And TurnsTurns In The Road Author:Dee Dee Myers
“Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.” MadeStatesTogetherSufferingChoicesStrongPresidentLeadershipDemocracyTiredUnionsExcuseAnalysisPullingNot StrongPulling Together Author:Jose Serrano
“Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king.” NeedsGivingMadePresidentAbilityHellKingsSkillsLet MeManagementDuesManagement Skills Author:Tip O'Neill
“The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking office, because of the focus on Iraq, and the U.S. efforts there, that the original war, if you will, in Afghanistan had been neglected, the strategy there was unclear, and that it was not properly resourced.” IfsMadeWarPresidentEffortClearFocusOfficeOriginalsStrategyIraqCandidatesAfghanistanNeglectedUnclear Author:Jay Carney
“It will be important to restore those provisions, those disclose provisions, those release provisions so that presidents are indeed held accountable and their information and papers are made public.” MadeImportantPresidentInformationPaperReleasePapersProvision Author:Ted Gup
“I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard Shevardnadze, who made some contribution to German unity, were counterproductive for our country.” MadeCountryPresidentExpressionEuropeCriticismConstantUnityOur CountryFormerContributionCounterproductive Author:Irakli Okruashvili
“What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive.” MadeStatesRunningPresidentEconomyCampaignsPresident ObamaMustache Author:Kesha Rogers
“I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will say this is a fellow who knew how to make decisions, and made some tough ones, stood by them, wasn't driven by the latest opinion poll, but was driven by some core principles from which he would not deviate.” ThinkingLooksMadeHelpingWantedPresidentDecisionOpinionPrinciplesToughFellowsDrivenCorePollsDeviateOpinion Polls Author:George W. Bush
“After Donald Trump's derogatory comments about immigrants, NBC has officially cancelled Celebrity Apprentice. Think about it: Donald Trump isn't even president yet, and he's already made America a better place!” ThinkingMadeAmericaPresidentTrumpImmigrantsCommentBetter PlaceApprenticeNbcDerogatory Author:Conan O'Brien