Quote by Raymond Chandler

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist…

— Matt Taibbi

“Why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good look at the inmates?…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“He is like a superhero, practicing living a normal life before starting his career as a defender of libraries, books, and the all-important art…

— Alice Ozma

“Given time, Washington DC. has a way of making a Politician out of an Honest Man.”

— Ron Rinna

People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'

— John Catsimatidis

“But anyone who deliberately tries to get himself elected to a public office is permanently disqualified from holding one.”

— Thomas Moore

“Just because I look like John Wayne (at least my liver looks identical to his) doesn’t mean I play cowboy with politics. I’m going…

— Jarod Kintz

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

— Christine Quinn

“The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of…

— Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going.”

— Anonymous

“What is horrible about politicians and cops is that they look as though they were made for the job.”

— Georges Perros

“Do you have any idea who you've been dealing with?" "This is big-time! Interstate! Federal! You're not in a precinct, are you?" "This goes…

— Edward Conlon