Pat Oliphant Quotes

I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

Pat Oliphant

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• It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Time
  • Great
  • Fun

• If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Up
  • Want

• Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • War
  • Rules
  • Politeness

• Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Life
  • Art
  • Extraordinary

• Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • Great
  • Wish
  • Day

• The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Great
  • Business
  • America

• Good comedy is ageless.

  

  Ted Levine
  • Good
  • Comedy
  • Ageless

• Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Art
  • Kids
  • Think

• As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Opportunity
  • Education
  • Technology

• Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.

  

  Samantha Power
  • World
  • Together
  • Best

• A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.

  

  Sam Trammell
  • Beautiful
  • Old
  • River

• Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Happiness
  • Child
  • Maturity

• And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • Time
  • Wanted
  • East

• When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

  

  Tanya Tucker
  • Thought
  • Younger
  • Retiring

• Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Great
  • Day
  • Couple

• And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And when the possibility to enter the 1996 Mission Specialist class.

  

  Umberto Guidoni
  • Space
  • Class
  • Mission

• We're all idealistic when young.

  

  Pat Oliphant
  • Young
  • Idealistic

• I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.

  

  Dana Hussein
  • Help
  • Me
  • Psychological

• Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.

  

  Harry Browne
  • People
  • Free
  • Care

• The most important thing to me with any politician is that they don't start wars, but education is a big part of that, too, because educated people are less likely to do stupid, violent things.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • People
  • Important
  • Education

• Listen, here's reality. It is completely unfair and absolutely necessary that people who have been oppressed and marginalized have to lead everybody. That is MLK, that is Dolores Huerta, that is Fannie Lou Hamer, that is Ella Jo Baker, that is Nelson Mandela. You walk down the line.

  

  Van Jones
  • People
  • Reality
  • Lines

• If you've never mixed paint, you aren't going to be able to paint properly.

  

  Chris Milk

• People think, sports delivers a message. It's not just about winning and losing, although that's important. It's about other things, too. It demonstrates how it can say certain things about your culture and your society.

  

  Gabe Polsky
  • People
  • Important
  • Society

• I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

  

  Pat Oliphant
  • People
  • Politics
  • Interested