Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups.… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
There is a reality to the primary process, and you don't win primaries by being ahead in national polls. You win them… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a… — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled. — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
The most absurd public opinion polls are those on taxes. Now, if there is one thing we know about taxes, it is… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
A recent poll shows that a majority of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics do not think the Census should be classifying people… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The question taxpayers keep asking is 'why should we pay for services for those who have broken the law to get here?'… — Michael D. Antonovich Copy Share Image
In a new poll of Democratic voters, presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee came in with zero percent support. Or in other words: We're… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
If Hillary Clinton wants to win the White House, she's gonna have to convince Americans they can trust her and if you… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
According to a new poll, the number of Americans who trust Hillary is dropping. Specifically into a hole that Hillary covered with… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
A lot of young people regard a threat against one person's sexual freedom as a threat against all of them, and that's… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What I saw during the Hillary Clinton campaign [2016] with data dummies who were more concerned with polls than people, they were… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I signed the pledge. I have been very good. I have been very straight and honest and honorable. And they're not treating… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, 'hey… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Herman Cain is probably well-liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party, conservative movement… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
In fact, it's pretty dramatic when you get to 1975, very revealing, the [Vietnam] war ends. Everybody had to write something about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A hit show takes Hollywood magic indeed, but it also takes a lot of math and science, plus the study of polls… — Kristoffer Polaha Copy Share Image
You don't need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or… — John Oliver Copy Share Image