A Quote by Timothy Noah

It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought.

Timothy Noah

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Timothy Noah
American - Journalist
Born: 1958

The... promptitude with which many painters, on arriving at an entirely new and unfamiliar place, settle down to work at once, never fails to astonish me: it seems indecent, like button-holing a complete stranger.

Augustus John

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

Simon Cameron

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.

Simon Cameron

Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

Jerry Pournelle

Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market. It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.

Akbar Ganji

I know I'll astonish everyone by talking like this, but it's God's truth. Honors have never tempted me and I've never sought them.

Indira Gandhi

It's not something that defines me. I'm not a half-Indian politician or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter... it is part of my character, I suppose.

Leo Varadkar

Yeah, it never fails to amaze me how a single lie can undo an entire lifetime of good. (Aiden)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

Terry Southern

Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.