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    Some pretty funny quotes by a great President!

    "My fellow Americans. I'm pleased to announce that I've signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes." -joking during a mike check before his Saturday radio broadcast

    "It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"

    "I hope you're all Republicans." -speaking to surgeons as he entered the operating room following a 1981 assassination attempt

    "Honey, I forgot to duck." -to his wife, Nancy, after surviving the assassination attempt

    "I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."

    "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency -- even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting."

    "Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

    "I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day." -threatening to veto tax-increase legislation after getting his record tax cut to date in 1981. He ultimately followed with two tax increases, though declined to go any further.

    "Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"

    "I don't know. I've never played a governor." -asked by a reporter in 1966 what kind of governor he would be

    "Facts are stupid things." -at the 1988 Republican National Convention, attempting to quote John Adams, who said, "Facts are stubborn things"

    "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."

    "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."

    "There is absolutely no circumstance whatever under which I would accept that spot. Even if they tied and gagged me, I would find a way to signal by wiggling my ears." --on possibly being offered the vice presidency in 1968

    "You can tell a lot about a fella's character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful." -explaining why he liked to have a jar of jelly beans on hand for important meetings

    "I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." -during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale

    "The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity." -responding to student protests on college campuses during his tenure as California governor

    "Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."

    "Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."

    "We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed."

    "As a matter of fact, Nancy never had any interest in politics or anything else when we got married."

    "I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."

    "Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."

    "I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress."

    "Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

    "I'm afraid I can't use a mule. I have several hundred up on Capitol Hill." -refusing a gift of a mule

    "What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice."

    "My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" -introducing himself after delivering a prep school commencement address. The individual responded, "I'm your son, Mike," to which Reagan replied, "Oh, I didn't recognize you."

    "One picture is worth 1,000 denials."

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

    "Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, you coast for awhile, you have a hell of a closing."

    "What does an actor know about politics?" -criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy

    "What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?" -on Clint Eastwood's bid to become mayor of Carmel

    "How can a president not be an actor?" -when asked "How could an actor become president?'

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    Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

    I was a boy when he was president.. thought he was funny.

    "Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."
    ironically, he is the last president with actual firing engines.

    24 years later with a carb and 1781cc.. there is still no reason to stop it from mainstream....and they have yet to catch up to 3 mains to boot.

    no need to overthink at all...ashame that is exactly what happened.
    Previously boxer3main
    the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.

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      Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

      And, I quote

      Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion

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        Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

        Originally posted by BigDad
        And, I quote

        Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
        I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?

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          Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

          Originally posted by 457Brodix
          Originally posted by BigDad
          And, I quote

          Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
          I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?
          bingo, those quotes are hilarious and not political. I laughed at some of them I'd never heard. Regan was smart, and surrounded himself with smart people.
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            Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

            Originally posted by 457Brodix
            Originally posted by BigDad
            And, I quote

            Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
            I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?
            Yep
            Thom

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              Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

              Originally posted by 457Brodix
              Originally posted by BigDad
              And, I quote

              Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
              I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?

              So, you are telling me .. that, the above quotes do not enforce one side of a polical discussion ?


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                Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                Originally posted by BigDad
                Originally posted by 457Brodix
                Originally posted by BigDad
                And, I quote

                Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
                I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?

                So, you are telling me .. that, the above quotes do not enforce one side of a polical discussion ?


                No I don't think they do. Can You post up some from a Democrat that do?
                If a debate begins on his politics or compares his politics to another former or current President then it will become a political discussion. But quotes,that happen to be funny to the poster,and others,is hardly a "Political Discussion".

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                  Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                  Looks to me, that is already has become a political discussion, any time one side wants to place their point of view someone else will not share it ..


                  Hence the no politics policy by the owners of the site on page 1



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                    Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                    Originally posted by BigDad
                    Looks to me, that is already has become a political discussion, any time one side wants to place their point of view someone else will not share it ..


                    Hence the no politics policy by the owners of the site on page 1




                    I guess the basis of politics is two sides not agreeing....

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                      Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                      Originally posted by BigDad
                      Originally posted by 457Brodix
                      Originally posted by BigDad
                      And, I quote

                      Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
                      I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?

                      So, you are telling me .. that, the above quotes do not enforce one side of a polical discussion ?
                      OK, You're trying to read something into this that just isn't there, furthermore you're the only one trying to turn this into a Political discussion, they were/are humorous quotes by a President that passed away almost seven years ago! You are the Moderator here so if it bothers you that much then remove the topic/post and kick my Arse out of here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                        Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

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                          Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                          Originally posted by 457Brodix
                          Originally posted by BigDad
                          Originally posted by 457Brodix
                          Originally posted by BigDad
                          And, I quote

                          Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board--as long as it's not politics or religion
                          I fail to see what's Political about that, those were some funny quotes made by a man that's been dead for 7 years?

                          So, you are telling me .. that, the above quotes do not enforce one side of a polical discussion ?
                          OK, You're trying to read something into this that just isn't there, furthermore you're the only one trying to turn this into a Political discussion, they were/are humorous quotes by a President that passed away almost seven years ago! You are the Moderator here so if it bothers you that much then remove the topic/post and kick my Arse out of here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                          I gotta agree with Brodix on this one BigDad. I didn't read any politics in this, and no one else seemed to either. Had you not mentioned it, this would not have been an issue. I understand that being a moderator can be a pain in the ass and that you have to watch things closely and intervene when the time calls for it, but now was not one of those times.

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                            Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                            ummmm..... not sure i should speak here eh, big dad.......but it does sees that humor was the object here....
                            Mike in Southwest Ohio

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                              Re: Funny quotes by Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th Birthday!

                              Either the wallpaper goes or I do :P
                              Escaped on a technicality.

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