I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian.… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
All of us in the Senate live in an iron lung-the iron lung of politics, and it is no easy task to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
... you know that a plan was dreamed up by politicians and pollsters - and not by, oh, anyone who knows what… — Jerry Taylor Copy Share Image
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Education must be taken out of the hands of rich illiterates, third rate politicians, and put where it belongs: in the care… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
We need to prepare for the inevitable collapse that's going to happen. Yes, I say that as a politician on stage. It's… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and… — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
If there is ever an amelioration of the condition of mankind, philosophers, theologians, legislators, politicians and moralists will find that the regulation… — John Adams Copy Share Image
As Stephen Jay Gould pointed out in Time, in no other Western country is the teaching of Evolution regarded as controversial. Throughout… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I have always thought that Donald Trump was an incredibly clever politician, but he's - at some point he's going to become… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
I think that marijuana should be legalized. I think the only reason it isn't legal is because politicians who smoked it when… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In the 13 months I've been in the Senate, it has become apparent to me the single thing that Republican politicians hate… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I salute Rick Perry for the way he's trying to overcome this. Today he came out and said he's not one of… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
The progressive movement needs more crazy and amoral/immoral right-wing politicians and pundits like Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter and… — Moby Copy Share Image
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have not said your values are wrong. But neither are they right. They are simply judgments. Assessments. Decisions. For the most… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
There is no limit to the hunger politicians have for the money you've worked so hard for. ... You can tell them… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it… — Meg Greenfield Copy Share Image
The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, / And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. /… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
My father was a politician. My grandfather was a politician too, maybe it's an innate idea of representing people that we have… — Eniola Aluko Copy Share Image
Politicians refuse to modernize schools, they cut out midnight basketball, but build all these new jails. First class jails, second class schools.… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I often quote Hitler, who said words to the effect of, "Rulers are fortunate that the people do not think." Politicians know… — Ernie Chambers Copy Share Image
As someone who's run for office five times, if the Devil called me and said he wanted to set up a meeting… — Jeanine Pirro Copy Share Image
A common rhetorical strategy of politicians and others is to frame their opponents' views in the worst possible light, tacitly suggesting that… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
First and foremost, when I think of him - I'm prejudiced; I worked for the guy for six and a half years… — John Podesta Copy Share Image
The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician. I'm not a policy wonk. I was a political reporter, but that's not really what turns me on.… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
The death of deference seems to be general at the moment, so everybody has to earn their reputation and trust all over… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in… — Leila Khaled Copy Share Image
To be honest, I find most politicians very untrustworthy. When I listen to them talking - or rather, lying - I just… — Jamie Sives Copy Share Image
I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are… — Diahann Carroll Copy Share Image
Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
