Politics Quotes
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You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed to catch the genius of the book.
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People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.
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A life in politics is for people who know themselves and know where their own line is between loyalty and honesty.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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For liberals, religion and politics mix as long as the results support their cause.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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If you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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I'm big into not drawing conclusions for people. I think that's what makes for the most exciting, compelling films. I get bored when the politics of the filmmaker are the subject of the film that I see.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
