President Quotes · Page 63

Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says.

— John McCain

I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer.

— Chirlane McCray

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

— Katherine Harris

I look forward to having a president who doesn't grope or objectify women.

— Eve Torres

What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son.

— George W. Bush

Your president is black, well mine's green. I'm not acting, I'm living out live scenes.

— Don Trip

Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.

— Barack Obama

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.

— Robert Dallek

One of the dogs in the competition, a Portuguese Water Dog, is related to President Obama's dog, Bo. But they only see…

— David Letterman

The clearest way to cut some of this fiscal drag would be to extend the current payroll tax holiday and increase it…

— Mark Zandi

Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of…

— Joe Biden

To announce there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand with the president, right or wrong,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

President Bush got a little upset with a reporter for calling him 'sir' instead of 'Mr. President.' Man, how upset is he…

— Jay Leno

America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander…

— Bobby Jindal

Now, thanks to President [Barack] Obama and the policies of Democrats when we have been able to achieve 73 straight months of…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mr. President, I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man, but as an American. I…

— Daniel Webster

Even if corners were cut, (Iran-Contra) was a brilliant scheme. There is no possibility that anyone in any Democratic administration would have…

— Ann Coulter

Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on…

— J. J. Abrams

The problem is there are people in this country - maybe 10%, I don't know what the number, maybe 20% on a…

— Chris Matthews

The person you call 'President Obama" and I frankly refuse to call him that... at the moment, he is somebody who is…

— Alan Keyes

Long before, and fully independent of, anything Congress did, President Obama made clear that he was going to preserve the indefinite detention…

— Glenn Greenwald

When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The…

— Sarah Dessen

Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a…

— Dave Winfield

It was an echo of Director Comey's testimony that Trump showed no curiosity, no interest, no concern over the Russia hack. The…

— Adam Schiff

I would vote for you for President but I'm against big government.

— Jeff Ross

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

— Ted Koppel

I saw what's going on under my chin. I don't want to be the one the President has to pardon on Thanksgiving.

— Joan Rivers

“If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come 'Lincolnesque' just means tall?”

— Calvin Trillin

Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment.

— Chuck Todd

The issues that cross a president's desk are never easy. The easy questions don't even get to the president.

— Michelle Obama

I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist.

— Rudy Giuliani

We should remember the campaign advertising will be only a smaller portion of the President's total exposure.

— Robert Teeter

I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.

— Robert Caro

As president, Clinton will continue to oppose TPP until it dies.

— Sherrod Brown

They sell us the President the same way they sell us our clothes and cars.

— Jackson Browne

President Obama should be championing American prominence, not apologizing for it.

— Kevin Madden

President Obama's made the White House really the people's house. People feel like they're welcome.

— Hillary Clinton

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

— Michael Bloomberg

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

— Johnny Carson