White House Quotes
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Anecdote: The extent of Michael Jackson's fame at its height, and his eagerness to exploit it is shown by an incident in 1984 when invited to a White House reception hosted by then President and First Lady Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Jackson had been assured that the only people there, besides the presidential couple, would be a few staff members' children. Aghast to find around 75 adults and no children, Jackson locked himself in an upstairs bathroom, refusing to emerge until assured that all non-essential adults had been replaced by a number of children.
Michael Jackson -
Like watching the Jesse Ventura show. It's too bad you couldn't get the White House Press Corps to work from a script like that. Dana Milbank of the Washington Post will be along presently to try to figure out who thought that was a good idea. But first, wait, there's more from the fog of war, playing three acts, to White House Press Room unscripted. The first topic there was, guess what, whether or not the whole deal with the soldiers had been rehearsed. Once again, you are there.
Keith Olbermann
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There may be some things we think will make the bill better, ... It certainly will be in consultation with the White House. But, you know, the president set the limit and I think that's what we're going to work for.
Dennis Hastert -
I think if the White House or the President want to say anything about our conversations or anything I tried to do to help our country with their support or at their request, then I think they should be the ones to do that. But I think that former presidents should do that.
Bill Clinton -
Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but she always was white.And Miss World was always white, and Miss Universe was always white.And the angel fruit cake was the white cake and the devil food cake was the chocolate cake.I said, 'Momma, why is everything white?' I always wondered. And the President lived in the White House.
Muhammad Ali -
I know what’s best for the President. I put him in the White house. He does well when he listens to me and poorly when he does not.
Florence Harding -
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.
Abraham Lincoln -
You couldn't even prove the White House staff sane beyond a reasonable doubt.
Edwin Meese
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Some people say the white house on the hill was once a place where old, rich people lived after they retired from owning the industry, the land, the laws, our houses, our town, us.
Adam Nevill -
Is this still the White House's stated and actual policy?
Charles Ruff -
As of now, I am in control here in the White House.
Alexander Haig -
We have some work that we have to finish up. We had a meeting with the White House last night to try to start to lay out those parameters of getting done.
Dennis Hastert -
This is a pattern of lawyers and others in the White House busting their backs to do the best work they can to be try to be responsive.
Charles Ruff -
And the White House, totally off the script.
Keith Olbermann
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The White House says they will release the Osama bin Laden death photo. Better yet, they're doing it on a set of limited edition commemorative plates.
Conan O'Brien -
I was very much against the Vietnam War, and Max Askeli was visiting Lyndon Johnson in the White House cheering him on, writing editorials. And in The Voice one day I once referred to him as Commander Askeli. And I called in to The Reporter to go over the galleys of a music piece I had written, and the editor whispered to me, `It's not gonna run. You're not gonna run. Max Askeli has fired you because of what you said about him.'
Nat Hentoff -
Not a word has come out of the White House about maybe there being a structural problem in the insurance industry.
Eliot Spitzer -
All the Muslims are happy, and Godwilling this earthquake... will be felt right up to the White House.
Abol-Ghasem Kashani -
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 -
To me, it's the White House and always will be.
Lew Wasserman
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When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House.
Scott McClellan -
Today in Washington, D.C., several government buildings were left without power. Of course, the White House will be without power for two more years.
Conan O'Brien -
I think Hillary Clinton understands the ins and outs of the White House better than anyone who's come before her.
Natalie Portman -
Today was the annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. Usually when you see something rolling on the White House lawn it's a drunk Secret Service agent.
Conan O'Brien