Executive Mansion Quotes

The White House seems to be a sound-proof booth.

I've always wondered: is there really any access to the White House?

[Describing the White House:] Big enough for two emperors, one Pope and the Grand Lama.

The White House is much bigger than it looks. There are really six floors with two small mezzanine levels: two belowground floors; the ground floor, where the main kitchen is located; the State Floor (or the first floor); two mezzanine levels with the chief usher’s office and the pastry kitchen; the second floor (family living quarters); and the third floor (also family living quarters).

The White House is a strange place.

I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

I'm going to live in the White House with my family.

I have here [at the White House] company enough, part secretly hostile and a constant succession of strangers.

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.

I've been to the White House a number of times.

To me, it's the White House and always will be.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

I had some adventures at the White House, but hardly enough to fill a full memoir.

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

Nobody lives there [the White House]—they [Presidents] just come and go.

I guess the White House is kind of confining.

Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.