Dmitry Medvedev Quotes

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

Shooting this show is pretty intense. You lose your life. But I have no life, so it's perfect!

Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

TV is really, really, really hard work. You sacrifice a lot of your personal life, a lot of your sanity, just to do one show.

It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.

But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people.

I am extremely proud to have the honour and privilege to be the Premier of this great state of Victoria.

The office of Vice President is a greater dream than I ever expected.

We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination.

Being president looks like the worst job in the world.

As any showrunner will tell you, it is crushing work. It is around the clock. It is like a monastic commitment that you make.

When we're in production, it's 14 hours a day, and we couldn't be less involved in the world. My friends all hate me during that time because I can't see anyone. We say goodbye to everything.

Since 1998, I have served my country as a member of four cabinets and as the leader of the parliamentary opposition.

People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day.

Georgians have made their decision, and now it's my job to keep our state moving forward.

You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government.

I am always on duty, even when I am at party events or on vacation. I don't complain about it, on the contrary. Time management for candidates without government functions is different than it is for me. No matter where I am, I always have to have my duties as chancellor in mind.

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.

I've been privileged to see the presidency up close. And I know the awesome responsibility of protecting America and the incredible opportunity of working to try to make life better for all of you.

I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age. I've always felt a strong sense of national service to my country, and I may have been able to provide leadership in the political arena. I don't regret the decision not to enter politics, I just wonder sometimes if I could have changed anything.

Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

I can promise you. If you work 12 hours, I will work for 13. If you work 14 hours, I will work for 15 hours. Why? Because I am not a ‘pradhan mantri’, but a ‘pradhan sevak’.