President Herbert Hoover Quotes

#1. But as Lindbergh's friend former president Herbert Hoover instructed, "When you had been in politics long enough, you learned not to say things just because they are true."21

Winston Groom

#2. In 1932, lame duck president Herbert Hoover was so desperate to remain in the White House that he dressed up as Eleanor Roosevelt. When FDR discovered the hoax in 1936, the two men decided to stay together for the sake of the children.

Johnny Carson

#3. Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.

Barry Eichengreen

#4. President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to the government. His idea caught on, and now we're all doing it.

Sam Ewing

#5. Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

Herbert Hoover

#6. Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

Herbert Hoover

#7. Even during my injury, I had fun because I got to be a regular college kid.

Kyrie Irving

#8. Friendship is stronger than kindred.

Publilius Syrus

#9. As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.

Zach Galifianakis

#10. Once the day's work starts there is little chance to walk, to ride or to take part in a game. Taking walks or rides early in the morning is a lonesome business, and the inevitable Secret Service guard when the president leaves the White House grounds is not enlivening company.

Herbert Hoover

#11. The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

Herbert Hoover

#12. Look what happened the last time a Republican president tried to fix a doomed national economy. Remember Herbert Hoover?

Hunter S. Thompson

#13. When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us.

Stephenie Meyer

#14. Even in the face of massive competition, don't think about the competition. Literally don't think about them. Every time you're in a meeting and you're tempted to talk about a competitor, replace that thought with one about user feedback or surveys. Just think about the customer.

Mike McCue

#15. When we love there is no reason why.

Vanna Bonta

#16. It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.

Debra Winger

#17. But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.

Richard Krajicek

#18. Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration.

Tim Johnson

#19. Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

Herbert Hoover

#20. You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.

Czeslaw Milosz

#21. It's surprisingly nice out here, peaceful and pretty-strange to be standing in the middle of a little garden while enclosed by the massive stone walls of the prison, like being at the exact center of a hurricane, and finding peace and silence in the middle of so much shrieking damage.

Lauren Oliver

#22. Eventually kids become grown-ups too, and from there, the world is whatever they choose to make of it.

Allison Winn Scotch

#23. Vanity is normal in performers. Does it bother other people? All the time. But nine times out of 10, that says more about them than you.

Tom Hardy

#24. Honestly?" Logan shrugged. "I didn't know it could kill me. If I'd ever heard that, I forgot it a long time ago. But I knew it was dangerous."
"Then why take the risk?" Stone asked.
Logan turned his head to look at me. "Because she was worth it.

Jeri Smith-Ready