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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.
Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination.
I thought that through the strip, I could vent my spleen and be funny at the same time. But when it comes to humor, there's no substitute for reality and politicians.
If Americans want prosperity, we need a grand reawakening to the incontrovertible fact that its source is entrepreneurs unfettered by meddling politicians.
Professional politicians will say anything, and they're always careful to leave themselves room to turn around and do the other.
We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.
NSW is always guided by the experts. It's not for politicians to decide how we manage hazard reduction or back burning operations.
My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").
Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.
People no longer know how to apologize, which is particularly noticeable among athletes, politicians, and entertainment figures.
A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.
Sometimes it is my impression that most politicians are still not aware of being under the control of the financial markets and are even governed by them.
I have no belief in the system. So Sonny is perfectly at home (in Washington D.C.). Politicians are one step down below used-car salesmen.
The locals are always going to want the traditions to stay alive. I just hope we can do something about them politicians.
Everywhere I look, I see the possibilities of what America could be. But we can't solve any of these problems by relying on the politicians who created them.
We think that when the American people make a decision together that they want something, politicians have to listen to them, and that's the process we believe in.
What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.
A lot of times, politicians will go to where their strongest force is and do things for them, and that's the type of thing they do that I find offensive.
We've had enough career politicians in Helena who think the people are here to serve them. It's supposed to be the other way around.
As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.
U.K. Athletics needs to develop a financial independence so it no longer has to be subject to the whim of politicians. If you are reliant on government, there is a big problem.
Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.
Under the right conditions, gay people can become politicians and be in control of their lives in a much broader way through activism.
Politicians love to beat up on guys that are seen to be public enemies, if you will. That's a great way to get elected.
I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them.
I believe when hard-working citizens have earned their pension, it's wrong for Washington bureaucrats and politicians to take their pensions away.
Fake sympathy is the politicians demanding more cash as they ignore the underlying crisis. They prefer money over morality.
The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.
This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.
Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.
British civil society has a fantastic record of campaigning to push politicians of all colours and countries to step up on climate.
As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice.
When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.
It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.
Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers.
I believe myself that there's a great deal more interest and engagement among Americans than our politicians recognize.
It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.
At times, the most dangerous politicians have been those impelled by dreams and ideals, rather than basic realities.
Politicians need to rethink their reflexive invocations of the Second Amendment and the idea that the gun lobby is too powerful to challenge.
We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.
Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.
Our Founders thought politicians should be accountable when it comes to citizens' right to life, liberty and the pursuit of heart surgery.
I beg the Lord to grant us more politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society, the people, the lives of the poor!
The truth is that very few newspapers in the country are willing to do a fair and impartial investigation into the shenanigans of industrialists, politicians or government.
Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.
Politicians should reflect on the well-documented fact that fearful, insecure people lose their sense of tolerance and altruism.
Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas
Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.
I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.
Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you'll keep a human being alive.
All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever.
My readers know my views on politics and politicians because I make no secret of them in my comments for 'The New Yorker' and elsewhere.
But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?
Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion.
Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.
We should work towards a legislation to sack non-performing politicians. This may not happen during my lifetime, but I will try for it anyway.
I hope people can stop believing everything politicians say about Mexico and the United States, and the problems that we share.
I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.
