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A collection of witty, sarcastic, thought-provoking, humorous and ironic quotations on several subjects from a wide variety of quotations, passages and phrases by famous people, politicians, activists, artists, etc, from A to Z. Useful for researchers, public speakers, toast masters, students and all other who loves to learn from the past.

Pretense

I love acting. It is so much more real than life. (The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891)
Oscar Wilde

Presidents

Any American who is prepared to run for President should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
Gore Vidal

Arnold Schwarzenegger met with President Bush. It's amazing if you think about it. It was the Terminator and the One-Term-inator.
David Letterman

Avoid all needle drugs. The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
Abbey Hoffman

He (Calvin Coolidge) had one really notable talent. He slept more than any other president.
H.L. Mencken

He's proof that there's life after death. (On Ronald Reagan)
Mort Sahl

How could they tell? (On being told that ex-President Coolidge had died)
Dorothy Parker

I don't know what people have got against Jimmy Carter. He's done nothing.
Bob Hope

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
Jimmy Carter

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.
George Bush

I have orders to be awakened at any time in the case of a national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
Ronald Reagan

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
Ronald Reagan

I would have made a good Pope.
Richard Nixon

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say.
Richard Nixon

My mother used to pull my ears and it never did get that much attention. (After the protests caused by a press photograph of him lifting his dogs by the ears)
Lyndon B. Johnson

The Clintons are getting ready for Christmas up in Chappaqua. It's the same thing every year. Hillary comes down the stairs on Christmas morning to find a surprise under Bill.
David Letterman

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.
Henry Kissinger

There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry Kissinger

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Today, the L.A. Times accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping six women. I'm telling you, this guy is presidential material.
David Letterman

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.
Richard Nixon