Erich Leinsdorf Quotes

The man [President Ronald Reagan] will be out campaigning three days a week. The rest of the time he will govern.

White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.

Unfortunately, I don't have much free time.

My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.

There never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the moment I have no time to make new music because I've been doing so much promotion for this new single.

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.

The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.

There is a substantial difference between the President being able to wave to the crowd from a hospital window and being able to govern.

Presidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking.

Any President can control the agenda.

We're all confounded by a lack of time.

I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment in time, even if you live to be a hundred years old. Yet, what happens within that time frame? So many things happen.

The scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom.

Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.

I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life.

People don't run out of dreams - people just run out of time.

It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.

[On George W. Bush:] How is it possible that the president is off on vacation and the vice president is, too? Not that it matters that much if the president is on vacation; on some level, the president is always on vacation.

I have almost the same number of days left as Barack Obama has in the White House. So we are going to stay focused on this job. I am enjoying it a lot. And we are going to see if we can achieve some very good things before the end of the year.

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?

I've been asked several times over the years to become president, and I've always said no, because I didn't want to give up all the time from my work. The position won't be open for another year, but if they still want me then, I'll do it; I'll speak out as often as I can from that platform.

The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddam sands run out on you every time You turn around. I know what I’m talking about. You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze In this goddam phenomenal world.