White House Quotes - Page 28

• The White House announced that it has rejected several petitions to legalize marijuana. They say it has nothing to do with politics. It's just that they can't accept a petition that was written on a crumpled up Funyuns bag.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Marijuana, White, House

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• Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker. Well, tonight we've come from behind, we've broken the tie, and, thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.

  Hillary Clinton

  Winning, Long Ago, White

  "Obama Extends Lead; Full Speed Ahead for Hillary Clinton: She's Staying in Until the End". "American Morning", www.cnn.com. May 7, 2008.

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• Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.

  Al Sharpton

  White, House

  "Sharpton: Sexually-based issues dividing black churches" by Al Sharpton, www.cnn.com. October 20, 2006.

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• When I was discussing my role with other senior campaign folks, they would say, "I know you have four kids, but..." I said, "There's nothing that comes after the 'but' that makes any sense to me, so don't even try." Like, what is the "but"? But they'll eat Cheerios for the rest of life? Like, nobody will brush their teeth again until I get home? I mean, it just - what is the "but"? And I do politely mention to them that the question isn't, would you take the job? The male sitting across from me who's going to take a big job in the White House.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Senior, Jobs, Home

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Following the school shootings, Hillary and Tipper Gore, as well as their husbands, got together for the first White House conference on mental health. Because of her interest in mental health and her own problem with anti-depressants, Tipper had been made the expert, the psychiatric consultant to the president, duly designated.

  Peter Breggin

  Husband, School, White

  Source: whale.to

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• In fact, Charles Koch tried to get [Mike] Pence to run for the White House in 2012.

  Jane Mayer

  Running, White, House

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The White House was designed by Hoban, a noted Irish-American architect, and I have no doubt that he believed by incorporating several features of the Dublin style he would make it more homelike for any President of Irish descent. It was a long wait, but I appreciate his efforts.

  John F. Kennedy

  White, Long, Appreciate

  Address Before the Irish Parliament, delivered 28 June 1963, Dublin, Ireland

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• Anybody who gets into bed and turns out the lights the first night in the White House probably feels a little bit of a start, where you say, "Goodness ... "

  Barack Obama

  Night, White, Light

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• We'll keep guessing at what it might be that he's hiding. But I think the question is, were Donald Trump ever to get near the White House, what would be those conflicts?

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, White, House

  "2016 Presidential Debates", TV Mini-Series (2016– ). "Episode #1.1", www.imdb.com. 2016.

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• What Hillary Clinton doesn't say is that tens of thousands of people that are unbelievably happy and that love me. I'll give you an example. We're just opening up on Pennsylvania Avenue right next to the White House, so if I don't get there one way, I'm going to get to Pennsylvania Avenue another.We're opening the Old Post Office. Under budget, ahead of schedule, saved tremendous money. I'm a year ahead of schedule. And that's what this country should be doing.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Years, Opening Up

  Source: time.com

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• It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before. I remember when we shot it, how everyone was excited.

  Roland Emmerich

  White, House, Independence

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• I'm going to use the White House and every tool at my disposal as your president to make the case that patriotism is profitable.

  Hillary Clinton

  White, House, President

  Source: time.com

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• No Republicans won the White House since the "Jurassic" age without winning Ohio. But for the Democrats, it doesn't matter.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, Ohio, White

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The big guys, the big dogs, are going to own everything from the White House to the courthouse.

  Brian Schweitzer

  Dog, White, House

  "Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer Talks Citizens United Sr." by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. June 19, 2012.

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• Presidential power was overruled by the high bench in July 1974, when President Nixon was ordered to turn over some audio tapes of his White House conversations, including the 'smoking gun' tape of June 23, 1972, that revealing the Watergate cover up.

  Helen Thomas

  Gun, White, June

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• When a man ends up in the White House who boasts about not having a clue and who says that specialist knowledge is elite nonsense, then a critical point has been reached. Then you will have an obviously irresponsible man sitting in a position that requires the utmost degree of responsibility.

  Martin Schulz

  Responsibility, Men, White

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Guns started flying off store shelves just as soon as the black Democrat moved into the White House.

  Mike Cooley

  Gun, White, House

  Source: www.salon.com

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• It's part of the strategy to remind people who Hillary Rodham Clinton actually is. If others aren't going to hold her account for her full record, then, yes, we will. And her record includes naming and blaming women who came in contact with her husband, whether it was consensual relationships like Monica Lewinsky, an intern at the White House with him as President, completely debasing the office of the White House - the office of The Presidency - or Jennifer Flowers, 12-year affair while he was Governor of Arkansas.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Husband, Flower, Years

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• The latest national polls show a tightening in the race to the White House, especially in key states like Ohio and Florida. But when it comes down to it, winning in November [2016] will depend on which candidate has a viable path to 270 electoral votes.

  Gwen Ifill

  Winning, Keys, Florida

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It's not going to be sitting there producing The Apprentice. I can assure you of that. It's something that [Donald Trump] owns. It's a title he owns, but I'm telling you he's going to be 100 percent focused in the White House.

  Reince Priebus

  White, House, Titles

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. Why is he there? And I tell you this morning that he's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this.

  William G. Boykin

  Morning, Men, White

  "How born-again George became a man on a mission" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2005.

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• I have respectfully declined the president's invitation to the White House today.

  Jeff Landry

  White, House, President

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• Until the President produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.

  Jeff Landry

  White, House, President

  "La. Rep. Refuses Obama Invitation to be "Lectured to" at GOP Debt Meeting" by L.A. Holmes, www.foxnews.com. June 1, 2011.

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• It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it.

  June Lockhart

  Reading, Eight, White

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• There is a lot of lip service paid in this Congress and downtown at the White House about family values and small business. Who better represents family values and small business than the fishermen and women on the Oregon and California coast.

  Peter DeFazio

  California Coast, Oregon, White

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