--- title: "4 Stuart Stevens Quotes" description: "Stuart Stevens is an American author and political consultant. He was the cofounder of Washington, D.C.–based political media consultancy Stevens & Schr..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/stuart-stevens-73916_around-the-world_it-just-never-comes-across-as-a-quality_1752760.jpg" --- # Stuart Stevens **4** quotes in **81** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stuart Stevens is an American author and political consultant. He was the cofounder of Washington, D.C.–based political media consultancy Stevens & Schriefer Group. In 2013, he became a founding partner in Strategic Partners & Media. He served as a top strategist for Mitt Romney's failed 2012 presid ## Quotes by Stuart Stevens > [It just never comes across as a quality you want in a president that you're sitting in a room. It's almost as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-stevens/it-just-never-comes-across-as-a-quality-you-want-in-a-president-that/) [Stuart Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-stevens/) [Around the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/stuart-stevens-73916_around-the-world_it-just-never-comes-across-as-a-quality_1752760.jpg) > [There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-stevens/there-s-a-dark-side-to-each-and-every-human-soul-we-wish-we-were-obi/) [Stuart Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-stevens/) [Being human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-human/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/stuart-stevens-73916_being-human_there-s-a-dark-side-to-each-and-every-hu_1836900.jpg) > [Eating at a new, highly recommended restaurant is like a Very Important Blind Date, a contract with uncertainty you enter into with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-stevens/eating-at-a-new-highly-recommended-restaurant-is-like-a-very/) [Stuart Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-stevens/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/stuart-stevens-73916_believe_eating-at-a-new-highly-recommended-resta_2711476.jpg) > [Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-stevens/pride-is-a-powerful-narcotic-but-it-doesn-t-do-much-for-the-auto/) [Stuart Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-stevens/) [Immune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/stuart-stevens-73916_immune_pride-is-a-powerful-narcotic-but-it-does_3236127.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-stevens/#itemlist", "name": "Stuart Stevens Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It just never comes across as a quality you want in a president that you're sitting in a room. 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