Politicians Quote by Halldór Laxness Download Open image ““People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent”” — Halldór Laxness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Politicians Politics
“...You haven't I suppose ever mixed with politicians at close quarters. They're awful...their stupidity is inhuman.” — Robert Skidelsky Copy Share Image
“Politicians do not find any attractions in a view which does not lend itself to party declamation, and ordinary mortals prefer views which attribute… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“People who say that everyone knows politicians lie and deceive and spy and bribe are only giving themselves an excuse for not getting involved… — Daniel Domscheit-Berg Copy Share Image
My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“The problem with all politicians is that they are human.” — Steven Ivy - Attorney Entrepreneur Copy Share Image
“Politicians obfuscate. It gets them re-elected. If no-one can understand what is going on, then the perception is that we need someone to guide… — Sieg Pedde Copy Share Image
“Besides, everyone knows politicians are the most trusted people on the planet—how could they possibly hide anything, being in constant contact with so many… — Susan Kaye Quinn Copy Share Image
Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
“Most politicians are like hurricanes. They know their path and their destination. Woe to anyone standing on their way!” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“A new generation forgets the specters that may have tormented the old… And yet, always, to all eternity, it is the same specter assailing… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Can't we make a blusterer ourselves? asked Jón Hreggviðsson. Can't we scratch that damned sign with the ax-point onto the chopping block and get… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Somewhere, out in the infinite distance, lay the spring, at least in God's mind, like babies that are not yet conceived in the mother's… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Townsfolk have no conception of the peace that mother nature bestows, and as long as that peace is unfound the spirit must seek to… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in the spring… — Halldor Laxness Copy Share Image
“Man is more perfect than god. Although this woman's doctrine, in which she was brought up from childhood, told her than all men were… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Pastor Jón Prímus: Do you remember when Úa shook her curls? Do you remember when she looked at us and laughed? Did she not… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Only careful political manoeuvring will be able to manage the situation.” — Davan Yahya Khalil Copy Share Image
The notion of a non-religious Christmas is ridiculous. But so is the insistence on the part of Christians that politicians and retailers carry out… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Politicians try to see the world through other people's lenses and try to bring people together so that we can have a mutual view… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
“Don't let cycles of violent crimes, uncontrollable, rising cases of bloody impunity, evil puppets in a crippled judiciary, marionettes in a corrupted legislative system… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
There is no reason why one should believe you should leave out politicians in cricket or any sport for that matter. There are ways… — Roosevelt Skerrit Copy Share Image
I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“Ever notice how the same politicians who claim to be against trickle-down economics have no problem bailing out banks and other politically connected businesses?” — Colin M. McGroarty Copy Share Image