Choosing the best Donald Trump quotes is no easy task, as the Republican presidential front-runner adds to the list almost daily.
Trump has been making outrageous and offensive statements for years, but now that he's running for president, they're getting more attention. Many of the worst examples aren't even off-the-cuff remarks in a speech, but comments he makes on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR).
Perhaps most amazingly, the real estate mogul's standing in the polls never seems to take a hit no matter what he says.
In fact, despite a recent dust-up over Trump's apparent mocking of a disabled reporter, his poll numbers went up.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday (Wednesday), 27% of GOP voters support Trump, up from 24% in a Quinnipiac poll taken a month ago. Trump's Real Clear Politics average is up four percentage points over the past two weeks.
"It doesn't seem to matter what he says or who he offends, whether the facts are contested or the 'political correctness' is challenged, Donald Trump seems to be wearing Kevlar," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll.
The durability of his support only gets more remarkable when you look at these jaw-dropping Donald Trump quotes:
The 20 Best Donald Trump Quotes
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 1 - (Twitter, May 8, 2013)
"Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest - and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure, it's not your fault."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 2 - (From an official statement, July 6, 2015)
"What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc. ...Many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it. But these people are here legally and are severely hurt by those coming in legally."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 3 - (Twitter, Aug. 28, 2012)
"Ariana Huffington is unattractive, both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man - he made a good decision."
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Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 4 - (Twitter, Sept. 10, 2014)
"If Obama resigns from office NOW, thereby doing a great service to the country - I will give him free lifetime golf at any one of my courses!"
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 5 - (NBC News interview, September 1989)
"A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don't have an advantage or this and that... I've said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 6 - (Twitter, Nov. 6, 2012)
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 7 - (From his book, "How to Get Rich," 2004)
"All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 8 - (Twitter, April 27, 2015)
"Our great African-American President hasn't exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 9 - (From his book, "The Art of the Comeback," 1997)
"There's nothing I love more than women, but they're really a lot different than portrayed. They are far worse than men, far more aggressive..."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 10 - (Twitter, Oct. 14, 2012)
"I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 11 - (From his candidacy announcement, June 16, 2015)
"I will build a great wall - and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me - and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 12 - (Twitter, April 16, 2015)
"If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?"
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 13 - (From his book, "Donald Trump: Master Apprentice," 2005)
"If I get my name in the paper, if people pay attention, that's what matters."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 14 - (ABC's "Good Morning America," March 17, 2011)
"Part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 15 - ("The Art of the Deal," 1987)
"I've always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 16 - ("Fox and Friends," Dec. 2, 2015)
"The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don't kid yourself. When they say they don't care about their lives, you have to take out their families."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 17 - (Interview with Vanity Fair, September 1990)
"I want five children, like in my own family, because with five, then I will know that one will be guaranteed to turn out like me."
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 18 - (At a GOP candidate forum in Iowa, July 18, 2015)
"He's not a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." [Referring to Arizona Sen. John McCain.]
Best Donald Trump Quotes No. 19 - (From a Rolling Stone interview, Sept. 9, 2015)
"Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?" [Referring to former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.]
Best Donald Trump Quote No. 20 - ("The Art of the Deal," 1987)
"I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular."
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