Frances Folsom Cleveland Quotes

Please make sure that they do not break anything because we are coming back in 4 years.

Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts.

I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.

In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

My God. What is there about this place [the White House] that a man should ever want to get into it?

When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever.

Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down.

Presidents have molded and been molded by all that happens here [Washington DC].

… maintain the integrity and flexibility of our teachings

The social power of the Presidency is one of the most powerful tools a President can use.

Don’t worry. We have one at home just like him.

The concentration of power in the Presidency—in the White House—only grows over time.

They want what every first term administration wants—a second term.

Few women have gone into the White House so well equipped to meet the exactions.

He is like a good prewar house solidly built. They don't build them that way anymore. He's also been repainted several times.

Presidents live and work in a house of history. They dwell with ghosts. Present power and the weight of the past are ambient realities of daily life in the presidency, and the two are intimately connected.

More than Nixon or any other 20th-century president, Clinton has devoted his life to winning and keeping the presidency.

I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.

I drive a Nissan Versa and would never spend real money on a car because I destroy things.

When you come to a hotel where everything is brand new, it's logical that not everything works.

People say, 'You're old.' Old ain't nothing. You've got new cars that break down and old cars that pass them.

We want a Gateway to be the last computer our clients will ever buy.