Yale Book of Quotations Top 10 Quotes [2012]

Historical Literary

Quotes: 1. 'There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what ... who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. ... These are people who pay no income tax. ... and so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.' Mitt Romney 2. 'We took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet (in Massachusetts). I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks?' and they brought us whole binders full of women.' Mitt Romney 3. 'If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business — you didn't build that.' Barack Obama 4. 'Please proceed, Governor.' Barack Obama 5. 'You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.' Barack Obama 6. 'If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.' Todd Akin 7. 'You hit a reset button for the fall campaign; everything changes. It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again.' Eric Fehrnstrom 8. 'I'm an honorary consul general, so I have inviolability.' Jill Kelley 9. 'Oppan Gangnam style.' Psy 10. 3-way tie: 'Under current law, on January 1st, 2013, there is going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.' Ben Bernanke; 'I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge.' Saxby Chambliss; 'I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.' Chris Christie Missing: Eric Fehrnstrom (7)

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