Running for Office Quotes

I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.

The joke I always make is I'm either running for reelection, running for Senate, running for governor, or running for my life. The latter is also a viable possibility.

I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

When I am the candidate, I run the campaign.

I don't see myself in any way in elective office.

Normal people don't just wake up in the morning and say I think it'd be a good idea to run for president of the United States.

As a woman candidate myself, I know how important it was to be encouraged to run, to think outside of the box.

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself.

I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn't mean I won't run.

I don't feel like I'm running against them, I feel like I'm running to try to show the American people what I can do and what I can accomplish.

Running for Congress isn't something I ever thought I would do.

It wasn't until 1998 that I ever seriously thought about running for office. And I didn't make up my mind to do that until 1999, and then I ran for the Senate. It was really hard for me.

I think social media brings another dynamic to running for office so publicly.

Every time a woman runs, women win.

I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.

One of the biggest sacrifices in running for President, if there is one, is the loss of anonymity.

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

I had the great privilege in 2011 and 2012 of learning a lot about what it takes to run for the presidency of the United States. It is one of the greatest challenges that any human being could take upon themselves.

I served three terms in the U.S. Senate and was co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in 2010. So I know a bit about how Washington operates, and I have had plenty of experience doing the work of running for office.

There is no basis to say I'm being coy about running for president. If I chose to explore the presidency, I wouldn't do it in a backward way. I'll say, 'I'm exploring the presidency.'

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

I'm not a politician, She says evenly. If I want to be one, I'll run for office. Susan Sarandon, whom I know and love, is a fantastic actress. It's her right as an American to say whatever she wants. [But] just because you're rich and famous doesn't qualify you to make political statements. I don't put my opinions out there to influence people. You have alot of influence. And sometimes I feel it's undeserved influence.

Every member of my family knows that running for office is a personal decision.