Yale Book of Quotations Top 10 Quotes [2016]

Historical Literary

* (1) ‘I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.' Donald Trump * (2) 'When they go low, we go high.' Michelle Obama * (3) 'You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.' Hillary Clinton * (4) 'And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside’ Lin-Manuel Miranda * (5) ‘[In politics] you need both a public and private position.' Hillary Clinton * (6) 'I alone can fix it.' Donald Trump * (7) 'Have you even read the United States Constitution? ... You have sacrificed nothing and no one.' Khizr Khan * (8) 'Lucifer in the flesh. ... I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.' John Boehner on Sen. Ted Cruz * (9) 'His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve. That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life.' Dan Turner * (10) ‘I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles.’ Simone Biles * Missing: Khizr Khan (7) * Dan Turner (5)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

9

1

Donald Trump

U.S. President

34.83% (6312 of 18120 votes)

4

2

Michelle Obama

First Lady

55.83% (613 of 1098 votes)

5

3

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

8

4

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Actor

43.75% (14 of 32 votes)

6

5

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

10

6

Donald Trump

U.S. President

34.83% (6312 of 18120 votes)

1

7

Khizr Khan

Attorney

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

8

John Boehner

U.S. Congressman

59.26% (48 of 81 votes)

2

9

Brock Turner

Student

71.27% (516 of 724 votes)

7

10

Simone Biles

Gymnast

51.54% (67 of 130 votes)