Jake Shimabukuro Quotes

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

There are a lot of goals and ambitions that I have in life, things I want to accomplish. Who knows? I mean - it could be politics one day. I want to have a life that can help people.

I'm very goal-oriented. I do see myself doing something in public service.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

Public service is a noble career. You can’t do it unless you get out there and run…. You can make a difference if you are elected.

There are a lot of ways to serve and only one is being president.

I'm very happy doing what I do. And if I were in the White House I would be really interested in continuing to do what I do, which is working… That's a very cold answer, I guess, but I was trying to answer in terms of ambition.

I was in the classroom four days after the inauguration, because I said to Joe when we got elected, 'Joe, I really want to continue to teach.' And he said, 'Absolutely. You should be doing what you love.' Politics - that's Joe's life, really, his love. But teaching is mine.

I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to become President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

I want to be prime minister.

I majored in business/marketing because I was going to be a teacher and a high school basketball coach.

So far, I have not come to any of the positions that I have filled through wanting to be there. I was sought - people wanted me to come to those posts. I am talking about all my positions: mayor of Istanbul, chairman of the party, prime minister.