Top 100 Running For Quotes
#1. I like Chris Christie also. I like him a lot as a person. He didn't do anything to help me when I thinking of running for senate in New Jersey. But I give him a little slack.
Geraldo Rivera
#2. Donald Trump got himself very far to the left. When he was considering running for president in 2000, he was for a 13 percent wealth tax on wealthy people to retire the national debt.
Chris Hayes
#3. I had a lot of guilt and shame when I was running from God, but nothing like when I was running for God. I was always looking for God's approval, and that's where the guilt and shame came out in a big way.
Jud Wilhite
#4. I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.
Bob Corker
#5. The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
Adlai E. Stevenson
#6. I do some 400 m. repetition running for endurance on the court. I'll be in the gym lifting weights, or I'll be putting in a lot of core stability to work to improve my balance.
Andy Murray
#7. My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.
Herman Cain
#8. I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.
Andrew Cuomo
#9. I figured we'd be too busy running for our lives than for him to make a move anyway. (Dana)
Jenna Black
#10. He remembered Tessa telling him that Hell was cold, and he fought back the odd urge to smile at the memory. They'd been running for their lives, she ought to have been terrified, and there she had been, telling him about the Inferno in precise American tones.
Cassandra Clare
#12. I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
Karen DeCrow
#13. Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist told USA Today that the actor has not ruled out running for governor of California, saying that he will make a decision soon. Reportedly Arnold needs that time to learn how to pronounce 'gubernatorial.'
Jimmy Fallon
#14. My father's values and vision of this country obviously form everything I have as values and ideals. But this is not the ghost of my father running for the leadership of the Liberal party. This is me.
Justin Trudeau
#15. During last night's Republican debate, Mike Huckabee got a big laugh when he said that Congress has been spending money like John Edwards at a beauty salon. Then Huckabee got an even bigger laugh when he said he's running for president
Conan O'Brien
#16. Hillary Clinton announced she's running for president. Yesterday in Ohio, Hillary popped into a Chipotle and she ordered a burrito bowl with chips and salsa. And on her way out she said, 'That locks down the Hispanic vote.'
Conan O'Brien
#17. I have been running for so long. Since before all this even started. Even back in the Stilts, I was a runner. Avoiding my family, my fate, anything I didn't want to feel. And I am still racing now. From those who would kill me - and those who would love.
Victoria Aveyard
#18. I still maintain that you cannot treat [Donald] Trump, analyze Trump, destroy Trump the way politics says you destroy people that are running for office. I don't think the standard, ordinary operating procedures work.
Rush Limbaugh
#19. You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously.
Matt Gonzalez
#20. The joke I always make is I'm either running for reelection, running for Senate, running for governor, or running for my life. The latter is also a viable possibility.
Cory Booker
#21. Donald Trump refuses to give details about his policy plans. Trump apologized by saying, 'When I announced I was running for president, I had no idea people would take me seriously.'
Conan O'Brien
#22. Be careful about anybody who's running for president who's going to tell you that they're going to build a wall across the entire southern border. It's not going to happen. It is the wrong message to send. And it's not going to be effective.
Chris Christie
#23. Language kills, and inflamed rhetoric of the kind that spews almost daily from the lips of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and others running for public office in this country should be condemned.
Jay Parini
#24. Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.
Conan O'Brien
#25. It's useless to hold a person to anything he says wile he's in love, drunk, or running for office.
Shirley Maclaine
#26. Guess who's running for president? Jeb Bush. Jeb was governor of Florida and he speaks fluent Spanish, which raises the question: What language did his brother speak? What was that?
David Letterman
#27. As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.
Nora Ephron
#28. Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.
Barack Obama
#29. Arizona Senator John McCain announced that he plans on running for a sixth term because he is concerned about the nation's security. He plans to help just like any other 80-year-old: by sitting on his porch with a police scanner.
Jimmy Fallon
#30. If you want to understand the effect of weight on a horse, try running for a bus with nothing in your hands. Then try doing it with your hands full of shopping. Then think about doing that for four and a half miles.
Jenny Pitman
#31. When the only exorcise you get is running for a bus, get more buses!
Benny Bellamacina
#32. Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first.
Ben Jipcho
#33. I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.
Dick Gephardt
#34. I'm not running for president to be somebody, I'm running for president to do something!
Bobby Jindal
#35. Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.
John McCain
#36. Insiders say that Trump is running for president as a publicity stunt. That's not the Donald Trump I know.
David Letterman
#37. There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living while dancing your run. You are not running for some future reward-the real reward is now!
Fred Rohe
#38. You're sleeping with an assassin, running for your life every single day from men who want to kill you and you're convinced you're going to die of discomfort.
J.A. Redmerski
#39. The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.
C.L.R. James
#40. Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny.
Donna Rice
#41. Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.
Dan Webster
#42. One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office.
Christopher Hitchens
#44. I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
Carl Lewis
#45. Just remember to do what makes you happy, okay? Don't lie to yourself because you think it's safer. Reality
doesn't work like that ... . I think I told you that before.
She had.
But I'd been running for so long I wasn't sure what I wanted anymore.
Kody Keplinger
#46. Rand Paul is officially running for president. He even revealed his campaign slogan, which is 'Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream.' It's hard to tell if he's running for president or doing an infomercial for Bowflex.
Jimmy Fallon
#47. A blind man running for a bus could have told them he was queer.
Lisa O'Donnell
#48. I want my country to be trusted. I don't want anybody running for president telling the unions what they want to hear at the expense of the credibility of the United States.
Brian Williams
#49. Donald Trump came out as a birther, which is Republican for, 'I'm running for president.'
Lewis Black
#50. If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.
Ron Dellums
#51. For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.
Christine Quinn
#52. When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.
Michele Bachmann
#53. The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
Richard Dawkins
#54. My favorite event each year is the Yankees-Red Sox series. Love seeing passions run hot among the fans, especially when both teams are in the running for the playoffs.
Elizabeth Banks
#55. This trip was not about running for president. This trip was preparing to BE president.
Rick Perlstein
#56. People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason-to find out who we really are.
George A. Sheehan
#57. It's starting to look like Donald Trump may be a serious presidential candidate. If you're in my line of work, Trump running for president for real is the greatest thing that has ever happened.
Conan O'Brien
#58. The most important questions for anybody thinking of running for president are not 'Will you run and can you win?' There is, 'What is your vision for America? And can you lead us there?'
Hillary Clinton
#59. I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support.
Kenneth Blackwell
#60. He glosses over and doesn't even tell the truth ... Here is a guy who is the ultimate flip-flopper running for president, and he's attacking me for not being principled? That doesn't wash.
Rick Santorum
#61. I made four films on John F. Kennedy, filmed when he was running for office, in office, and after his death.
Robert Drew
#62. Jeb Bush welcomed his fourth grandchild. The new Bush grandchild is happy, healthy, and will be running for president in 2048.
Conan O'Brien
#64. The notion of a world government to defend our rights would have sent the founding fathers running for their muskets.
Pat Buchanan
#65. Instead of running for President, why don't you try walking on a treadmill?
Jeff Ross
#66. Lindsey Graham is now the seventh Republican running for president. If you're keeping score, that's basically one Republican candidate for every two Republican voters.
Conan O'Brien
#67. If someone is doing something crazy - or what I think is crazy - I'm watching, but also am I keeping the actual seriousness of someone actually running for president in my mind all the time?
Maria Thayer
#68. I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests.
Dick Murphy
#69. One of the candidates running for governor is a 100-year-old woman. Yeah, the 100-year-old says she'd like to recall Governor Gray Davis, but more importantly, she'd like to recall where she left her teeth.
Conan O'Brien
#70. There's nothing easy about running for president, I can tell you. It's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. When you win, it's beautiful. And we are going to start - we are going to start winning for our country.
Donald Trump
#71. I mean, when's the last time we elected a president based on one year of service in the Senate before he started running? I mean, he will have been a senator longer by the time he's inaugurated, but essentially once you start running for president full time you don't have time to do much else.
William J. Clinton
#72. Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.
Hillary Clinton
#73. In Montana, a math teacher is running for the Senate. Win or lose, she plans on demanding a recount because math is fun.
Conan O'Brien
#74. It was perfectly innocent.' That's what Gary Hart said. One day he's running for president, the next he's sitting in an office somewhere making paper-clip chains.
Tami Hoag
#75. Running for me is not an activity I work into my life or a pursuit with a set end point. Rather, it is an integral piece of who I am and hope to always be.
Hal Koerner
#76. Really? Is he running for Worst Boyfriend Ever?"
"In the subcategory of Completely Awesome.
Rachel Caine
#77. I played a father a few times. You don't have to shoot heroin to play a heroin addict ... I'm not running for president but I could play a candidate. Most of the time, you don't really have to have those things in your life to understand what they're like.
George Clooney
#78. Some of us had been running all our lives. We ran because we could and because we could not. We ran for our lives. We still thought they were worth running for.
Nova Ren Suma
#79. If he lived in my time, Marcello would've been in the running for Sexiest Man Alive in People. Rich, powerful, and hotter than wasabi, he was a force.
(Kindle Locations 766-767).
Lisa Tawn Bergren
#80. Running for office is important, and you don't really need more than to be right on the issues, and to be able to articulate what it is you believe. You don't need a certain background. You don't need to be a lawyer. You don't need to have some professional degree.
Matt Gonzalez
#81. I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
Ian Somerhalder
#82. I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.
Werner Herzog
#83. How about those Olympics, ladies and gentlemen. Didn't London look like the place to be? New York City was in the running for this Olympics. But here's what happened. We got outbribed.
David Letterman
#84. Nothing like running for our lives to make Cameron starved," Rob says, then winks at Cameron. "No, wait. You're always hungry.
Laura Kreitzer
#85. Donald Trump isn't really running for president, come on! This is obviously a new reality show, Celebrity Presidential Apprentice. It ends with the incompetent celebrity being berated, humiliated, then unceremoniously fired.
Michael R. Burch
#86. When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.
Grete Waitz
#87. Top Democrats have mixed feelings about Sen. Hillary Clinton running for president. Apparently, some Democrats don't like the idea, while others hate it.
Conan O'Brien
#88. This wasn't a romantic getaway at the Ritz, unless running for your lives counted as foreplay.
Armentrout, Jennifer L. (2013-08-27). Origin (A Lux Novel) (Kindle Location 3126). Entangled Publishing, LLC. Kindle Edition.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#89. You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office.
Joe Moore
#90. The last time I was in a gym, Dukakis was running for president.
Daniel Breaker
#91. If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider. And Establishment support doesn't help; it more likely hurts.
Mark McKinnon
#92. Now that Hillary Clinton is officially running for President I am officially not going to vote for her. It's official.
R.C. Sproul Jr.
#93. They were running for their lives, and when you ran for your life you had to do things, brutal things.
Stephen Lloyd Jones
#94. A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
Josh Billings
#95. Billions raised, billions spent. No idea where the money has gone. With a record like that the chancellor should be running for treasurer of the Labour Party.
David Cameron
#96. Shifter: "You're not running for your life. You're running for you freedom."
Ryan: "It's the same thing!
B.N. Mauldin
#97. Ted Cruz raised over a million dollars after announcing that he's running for president. Which is why today RadioShack announced that it is also running for president.
Jimmy Fallon
#98. The past several months I have been able to meet with people across this country. One thing is clear: America craves for real solutions to the problems we face. That's why I'm running for President of the United States.
Herman Cain
#99. Whether it's running for president or trying to win an Oscar, campaigning is a must and relationships are a big part of that. It's about who you know to rally behind you.
Ryan Kavanaugh
#100. You know, that's the very least that the American voters can expect is that when you're running for President that you outline what you would do and what you would do differently from this - from the President of the United States.
Mitt Romney
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