Instinct Quote by Steve Schmidt Download Open image “Politicians have an acutely honed instinct for self-preservation.” — Steve Schmidt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Instinct Politicians Politics Self preservation
Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country. — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that? — Bob Saget 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
Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much… — Amy Cuddy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do think that politicians are only in it for themselves, but actually as Ive got older Ive started to feel less cynical… — Hugh Dennis Copy Share Image
Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
[The politicians] become nothingness and they don't do the job that they got elected to do. And it happens time and time again. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects -… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
My philosophy is that politicians should be jumped on as often as possible. — David Levine Copy Share Image
If you want to oppose Trump, the first thing you should do is say, 'I'm not going to do one thing that makes it… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
The government is corrupted. It's corrupted. It is not about regular people. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
Politics always fascinated me. In my 20s, I was involved in politics and, as I look in the mirror, not for the noblest of… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I don't want to sit here and disparage Paul Ryan the man, because he's a good guy. He's a moral person. He's a decent… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I'm personally supportive of marriage equality for gay couples and I believe that it will happen over time. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I think there are really serious problems in this country and I think politics in a lot of ways is failing the country. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
But I'm not particularly aligned with the Democratic Party's policy agenda. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
Trump is what the Russians call a useful idiot, someone in service to the Russian Federation, either unwitting or wittingly. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
As a conservative myself that, you know, generally I would have a point of view that less regulation is better than more regulation, but… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
To see the Republican Party break up the way it has to lose its moral compass it is tragic, it's tragic for me personally,… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
For there to be new growth of a conservative movement, of a right center party, the one that I joined in 1988, it needs… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot. — John Muir Copy Share Image
Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction. — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone. — Sugar Ray Robinson Copy Share Image
The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
As a kid, in the Runaways, I would see the interviewers start to ask about our personal lives and what we did — and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it,… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
You have to follow your instinct, and that's what I've tried to do all my life, whether in music or anything. — Erol Alkan Copy Share Image
A man may quarrel with himself alone; that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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