The year 2016 has been very good to Donald Trump.

Not only has the billionaire business mogul landed the White House in a rule-shattering campaign that shocked the world and graced Time's prestigious Person of the Year cover – Yale University has just awarded the outspoken president-elect with the best quote of the year.

While on the campaign trail in Iowa, Trump said to a crowd that he could stand in the middle of New York City and 'shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters'.

The remark caught the attention of the Ivy League university and earned him the top spot on the school library's annual edition of Yale Book of Quotations, which was first published in 2006.

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Donald Trump topped Yale University's list of best quotes from 2016. The president-elect said: 'I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters'. he is pictured above on Tuesday on his 'Thank You' tour in Wisconsin

Trump is named twice on the top ten quote list alongside other influential people of the year, including Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, John Boehner and Olympian Simone Biles.

Sound bites from the historic presidential campaign dominated the 11th edition from Fred Shapiro, an associate director of Yale's library.

He chooses quotes that are famous or revealing of the spirit of the times, and not necessarily eloquent or admirable.

YALE'S PICKS FOR THE BEST QUOTES OF 2016 1. 'I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.' — Donald Trump, speech at campaign rally, Sioux Center, Iowa, Jan. 23. First Lady Michelle Obama was named second on the list for saying: 'When they go low, we go high' 2. 'When they go low, we go high.' — Michelle Obama, commencement speech at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, April 23. 3. 'You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the "basket of deplorables."' — Hillary Clinton, remarks at a fundraiser, New York, Sept. 9. 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, poem about Orlando massacre read at Tony Awards ceremony, New York, June 12. 5. '(In politics) you need both a public and a private position.' — Hillary Clinton, speech to National Multi-Housing Council released by WikiLeaks, Oct. 7. 6. 'I alone can fix it.' — Donald Trump, speech at Republican National Convention, Cleveland, July 21. 7. 'Have you even read the United States Constitution? ... You have sacrificed nothing and no one.' — Khizr Khan, addressing Donald Trump in speech at Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, July 28. Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner said Senator Ted Cruz was 'Lucifer in the flesh' 8. 'Lucifer in the flesh. ... I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.' — Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, describing Ted Cruz during talk at Stanford University, April 27. 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, letter to judge prior to sentencing of his son, Brock Turner, after Brock's conviction for sexual assault of an unconscious woman, June. 10. 'I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles.' — Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, interview, Rio de Janeiro, August 11. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is regarded as the best gymnast of all time. In an interview the 19-year-old said: 'I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles' Advertisement

Hillary Clinton is named twice on the 11th edition of the Yale Book of Quotations. She earned third place for calling Trump supporters a 'basket of deplorables'

Hillary makes the list twice as well, once for calling Trump supporters a 'basket of deplorables' and the other regarding the WikiLeaks scandal.

Other non-political quotes centered on character and love.