Will Rogers once said: "Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and their politicians as a joke."
George Bush Sr. has been quoted saying that he had worked alongside President Reagan for seven and a half years. They had triumphs and made some mistakes, and “We've had some sex...uh...setbacks."
Sen. Ted Kennedy, speaking about his then-fiancée, Victoria Reggie, said that she's a wonderful, wonderful person, and that they were looking forward to a wonderful and happy night. He corrected himself very quickly with “— ah, life.”
"They don't call me Tyrannosaurus Sex for nothing." —Ted Kennedy
Bob Dole remarked on working with the Clinton administration by saying that their intent would not be to create gridlock; except maybe every now and then.
"There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and ...evil." —This was Bob Dole’s opinion of former presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon. They were standing by each other at a White House event
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." —Said the former mayor of Washington, D.C. Marion Barry.
George Bush, Sr. was speaking to a group of students about drug abuse and was honest in saying that, because he was a president, it would be pretty hard for a drug dealer to come into the White House and start offering him drugs. But, if they did, he hoped he would say, 'Hey, get lost. I don't want any of that.'
He also spoke to the employees of an insurance company. This was during the 1992 New Hampshire primary. He said that it would be rather impossible to be president of the United States if you lacked faith. He remarked on Lincoln, going to his knees in his times of trial and the Civil War, saying that “we are blessed. So we should not feel sorry for — don't cry for me, Argentina. Message: I care."
"Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering." — George Bush, Sr.
"I am not one who — who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around." —George Bush, Sr.
Ronald Reagan learned a lot when he went down to Latin America to find out from them and learn about their views. He was quite surprised to learn that they are all separate countries. On his tour of Latin America he only had a single regret: that he didn't study Latin harder in school so he could converse with those people.