Humor Political Humor Funny Quotes by President Bill Clinton Share PINTEREST Email Print Peter Kramer/Getty Images Political Humor Political Quotes Political Cartoons Political Jokes Political Memes By Daniel Kurtzman Daniel Kurtzman Daniel Kurtzman is a political journalist turned satirist. He has been widely cited as a political humor expert and authored two books on the subject. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 05/05/19 Here are some of the funniest stuff Bubba said during his tenure as president. Quotes "It depends on what the meaning of the words 'is' is." — during his 1998 grand jury testimony on the Monica Lewinsky affair"It depends on how you define alone…" — in his grand jury testimony"There were a lot of times when we were alone, but I never really thought we were." –Bill Clinton, in his grand jury testimony"What's a man got to do to get in the top fifty?" — reacting to a survey of journalists that ranked the Monica Lewinsky scandal as the 53rd most significant story of the century"I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system." — on the White House"When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't inhale and never tried it again.""Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that." — to a woman friend, while he was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford"It was a real sort of Southern deal. I had AstroTurf in the back. You don't want to know why, but I did." — reminiscing about a pickup truck he once owned"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy" — looking at "Juanita," a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic Museum"Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.""Last year, the vice president launched a new effort to help make communities more liberal." — during his 2000 State of the Union Speech. He meant to say "more livable," and then made the same slip-up in a subsequent sentence, drawing uproarious laughter from Republicans"I asked him to do it because he was the only person that I could trust to read all 150,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations." — on asking Vice President Al Gore to tackle federal regulatory reform"I'm someone who had a deep emotional attachment to 'Starsky and Hutch.'""Sometimes I feel like the fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs. For six years I had declined to tell those kinds of jokes, because I have been told it is not presidential. But I feel kind of outdoorsy today." — at a party honoring the 150th anniversary of the Interior Department"Well, I don't have much job security." — in 1992, on why he still plays the saxophone"Usually briefs." — during a 1994 MTV town meeting whether he wore boxer shorts or briefs"Look, half the time when I see the evening news, I wouldn't be for me, either." — in 1995, on a pre-campaign swing through Montana and Colorado"There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them." — in 1993"The economy has produced 6.1 million jobs since I became president, and if Michael Jordan comes back to the Bulls, it will be 6,100,001 jobs." — in 1995"It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest hour and a half." — after giving an endless nominating speech for Michael Dukakis at the 1988 Democratic convention"You'd think he was running for First Lady." — on George H. W. Bush's criticism of Hillary Clinton"If President Reagan could be an actor and become president, maybe I could become an actor. I've got a good pension. I can work for cheap." — at a Hollywood fundraiser"I may not have been the greatest president, but I've had the most fun eight years." See Also:• Funny Hillary Clinton Memes• Bill Clinton Cartoons• Bill Clinton Humor Roundup Featured Video