We don’t have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us. He said we should let foreclosures – and I quote – ‚hit the bottom‘ so the market could – I quote – ‚run its course.‘

Anything I’ve ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president… is morally treasonable to the American public.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Nature is not human hearted.

The art is long, life is short.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

I’m asking myself, ‚What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do we want for them?‘ Well, to start with, I think we want someone who is a unifying force in this country: someone who sees our differences not as a threat, but as a blessing.

Littera scripta manet – ‚The written word will remain‘. That’s true, but it won’t be that much comfort to me.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

The call for debt cancellation is welcome, but debt does not just go away.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn’t mean I won’t run.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Sometimes I wish my first word was ‚quote,‘ so that on my death bed, my last words could be ‚end quote.‘

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

When you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she’s doing.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‚President Can’t Swim.‘

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

I think when the president of the United States calls for military action, he should do it for a united people, especially when the methods have been so cruel, so explicitly directed at Americans.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

There’s no doubt that usually a president’s public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.

I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.