The wit and wisdom of Ronald Reagan

[BurtWorm]

"I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever - the bombing begins in five minutes."

[mac56]

1. "Politics is not a bad profession.

If you succeed, there are many rewards. If you disgrace yourself, well, you can always write a book."

[underpants]

2. "The Cubans were trying to steal Christmas"

Grenada is the world's largest producer of nutmeg and without nutmeg you can't have eggnogg at Christmas and Christmas just wouldn't be the same.......so we invaded Grenada to save Christmas"

Not a direct quote but I will never forget seeing footage of him telling that to the press on the old "Not Necessarily the News" show on HBO.

[BurtWorm]

3. Reagan on the national debt

2/18/81
President Reagan warns a joint session of Congress that the national debt is approaching $1 trillion. "A trillion dollars," he explains, "would be a stack of $1,000 bills 67 miles high."

[Mr. McD]

4. As Ronald Reagan once said,

“If you have seen one tree, you have seen
them all.”

[BurtWorm]

5. As Reagan said over and over and over and over...

8/11/82
President Reagan tells The Time's Hugh Sidey that he sometimes feels trapped in the White House. "You glance out the window and the people are walking around Pennsylvania Avenue and you say, 'I could never say I am going to run down to the drugstore and get some magazines,'" he says. "I can't do that anymore."


12/09/82
"Sometimes I look out there at Pennsylvania Avenue and see people bustling along, and it suddenly dawns on me that probably never again can I just say "Hey, I'm going down to the drugstore to look at the magazines,'" - President Reagan discussing his feelings of confinement with a People reporter


12/16/82
"Sometimes I look out the window at Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder what it would be like to be able to just walk down the street to the corner drugstore and look at the magazines. I can't do that anymore." - President Reagan conveying one of his regrets to The Washington Post


12/18/82
"Sometimes I look out the window at Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder what it would be like to be able to just walk down the street to the corner drugstore and look at the magazines. I can't do that anymore." - President Reagan sharing a sudden thought with a radio interviewer


http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/1982.html

[Maddy McCall]

6. Alzheimers symptoms--historians believe he was exhibiting A. symptoms

by the mid eighties.

[BurtWorm]

7. Hey, jchild!

Where have you been? How's tricks? I finally managed to quit smoking by the way. How're you doing in that dept.?

[Maddy McCall]

8. Hi, my favorite worm!

Congrats on quitting!

My son opened a calendar and picked June 11 for me, so I will be going batty in a few days. :-) (May PM you for advice soon. :scared: )

[BurtWorm]

9. Feel free.

First bit of advice, start cutting down NOW! :scared:

[Blue-Jay]

10. "Facts are stupid things."

Can't believe nobody posted that one yet. It's my favorite.