If I was to interrupt this article every few sentences, asking you whether or not I was making a good impression on… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
You ask a politician a question, like, why they ran in an election, and you'll hear, I assume, something about wanting to… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
It is the middle of December now, and we are about to travel to Switzerland - where we plan to ski a… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Even a wizard would have a great deal of difficulty repealing the economic law that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Since politicians… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can get in the way… — Gayl Jones Copy Share Image
In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains -… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Being dismantled before our eyes are not just individual programs that politicians cite as too expensive but the whole idea that society… — Richard Stolley Copy Share Image
It's being reported that Google spent over $5 million on lobbying just during the first quarter of this year. You'd think Google… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Invite politicians to dinner and let them tell the world how delicious it is. . . . They will proudly go around… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The truth is every problem can't be solved by government. Many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society. And the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
A smart politician needs to come in and create a plan for when our students graduate college, there are opportunities in fields… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion… — Li Peng Copy Share Image
I make a great part of my living by traveling and speaking. To me, it's like being a politician, you meet your… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you are an [American] politician it's very hard to imagine. "Now we are going to treat these guys as our equals?… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Truthfully, in this age those with intellect have no courage and those with some modicum of physical courage have no intellect. If… — Jonathan Bowden Copy Share Image
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights… — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
All politicians are not the same. I've never felt that way. What is the same is that voters get very excited about… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Our society is ridden with corruption and corrupt people. This is perhaps the reason why despite receiving several offers, I am unwilling… — Raza Murad Copy Share Image
I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio,… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
The government of Mexico is terrific. I don't blame them for what's happened. I don't blame them for taking advantage of the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
I think the scary thing is that there is in place already a sprawling infrastructure of advocacy groups, think tanks, academics and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
He [Reagan] likes to tell jokes and that's why he told the ethnic joke that got him into some trouble. Perhaps if… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
Even were the workers able to have their own representatives, for which our good Socialist politicians are clamoring, what chances are there… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The camera is a natural attraction for a politician. And if a camera is here, we're going to be here. And we're… — Thad Cochran Copy Share Image
Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Politicians learned hundreds of years ago that people who had little material wealth were incredibly jealous of those who had more than… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those who died in the great wars to be co-opted… — Harry Leslie Smith Copy Share Image
“But for most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Politics was good a hundred years ago. Today, politicians have no ability to solve any problems because they are not students of… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image