“I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught i...” — Lyndon B. Johnson Quote

“I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.”

“If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.”

“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'”

“I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.”

“When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.”

“A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.”

“I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.”

“It's very easy to get caught up in the world of press and maintaining an image and maintaining this highlight reel that the world expects.”

“I don't get caught up in the whole potential, how-good-can-I-be, when-I-can-be-it thing. I've been hearing that since I was 13. I've heard that from every person on earth. So when you hear it, you're like, 'Eh, well, okay. I guess that's a compliment.' It's just a compliment of the work you're going to put in and the work you've been putting in.”

“I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes.”

“I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.”