Conventions Quote by Rob Lowe

Now, national conventions are largely an excuse for companies and party leaders to throw parties for delegates to attend, to network and have a…

— Bob Barr

The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.

— Fletcher Knebel

A political convention is after all not a meeting of a corporation's board of directors; it is a fiesta, a carnival, a pig-rooting, horse-snorting,…

— Norman Mailer

Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after…

— Michael Beschloss

Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the…

— Don Hewitt

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

— Murray Kempton

I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents…

— Jinkx Monsoon

“Why was it sensible for Americans to transubstantiate a convention into the virtual embodiment of the People? After all, as with an ordinary legislative…

— Akhil Reed Amar

I don't believe in convention at all. I do what I have to do to stay alive.

— Quentin Crisp

Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage…

— Steven Pinker

“When people say the word "convention," they are usually referring to large gatherings of the employees of companies and corporations who attend a mass…

— Jim Butcher

A convention always involves a level of security. It is always our intent to ensure everyone attending the convention is safe. When it comes…

— Leah D. Daughtry