Presidents Quotes · Page 2

“The people who influence our presidents matter.”

— Paul Kengor

“Hello fake Everett children.”

— Monet Polny

I was asked to name all the presidents. I thought they already had names

— Demetri Martin

Presidents are not permitted to have personal feelings.

— William J. Clinton

“I see dead Presidents. Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington.”

— Nicole Fende

I think that the great presidents have always been a little more clever.

— Bill Bradley

“I find as I grow older, I love those most, whom I loved first.”

— Th. Jefferson

Most presidents have not considered 100 days a significant milepost.

— H. W. Brands

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.

— Ronald Reagan

“Presidents are not elected anymore; they are hired.”

— Michel Templet

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the…

— Nancy Gibbs

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

— Paul Kengor

Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.

— Neil Young

We set them presidents, to get them presidents. Over the ones that are dead, we'll put guns to your head. Put dots…

— Jim Jones

I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our…

— Joe Andrew

Presidents are only seen on August 15 and January 26. Who knows what they do for five years other than this?

— Raj Thackeray

“After Katrina, I decided it's better to have a President who's competent rather than one who's beer-worthy. Doonsebury”

— Anonymous

I had a policy that you had to recite the presidents of the U.S.A. to me before you could get my signature.

— Bob Backlund

Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill]…

— Paul Kengor

I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former…

— Vicente Fox

Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by…

— James Dobson

Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable…

— David K. Shipler

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into…

— Charles B. Rangel

I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is…

— Don Novello

Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own…

— Elliott Abrams

Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and…

— James Hillman

I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.

— BeBe Winans

I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time.

— Steven Soderbergh

All of the American presidents, certainly all of the notable ones, have been pretty original.

— Michael J. Knowles

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.

— Bill Moyers

America can change its presidents, but the world doesn't change.

— H. W. Brands

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.

— Douglas Adams

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.

— Emeril Lagasse

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

— Stephen Ambrose

Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy.

— James Surowiecki

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

— Joe Biden

Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man.

— Thomas Friedman

Presidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking.

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it.

— Douglas Adams

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.

— Kitty Kelley