American political opportunities are loaded against those…

To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.

— Richard Dawkins

Men like women who are fun to be around, who are kind, intelligent, honest and who don't play games.

— Jeanne Phillips

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any…

— Russell Banks

“pretty: what a little word to describe me. intelligent, honest, loyal, creative, eloquent. i’m so much more than my looks.”

— Kiana Azizian

“Lvov: Now explain, give me an account of how it is that you, an intelligent, honest, almost saintly woman, have allowed yourself to be…

— Anton Chekhov

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.

— Richard Dawkins

Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded.

— Richard Dawkins

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

— Michael Mandelbaum

In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election

— P. J. O'Rourke

Clinton was super attuned to other people to the point where he talks about feeling other people's pain. Clinton is probably the most buoyant,…

— Daniel H. Pink

“by the fact of his own election, that audacity does not appear to challenge the system of power which has brought the nation an…

— Sheldon S. Wolin

The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

— John Silber

We're at the end of an era of failed leadership. We have been led by a divider [Barack Obama] who has sliced and diced…

— Rick Perry

The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite.

— H. W. Brands

It is such a disappointment in American political reaction and actions. When some of our politicians are flying around the country in private airplanes…

— Arnold Palmer