“If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.” IfsEnoughPhilosophyPoliticalWishChanceMoralOpinionMessagesEntertainmentGood EnoughPlaywrightSpicesCraftsmanPolitical Opinions Author:Noel Coward
“The market is sovereign and in the magic economy of the small entrepreneur there is no authoritarian center... in the political sphere... the equilibrium of powers prevails, and hence there is no chance of despotism.” PoliticalChanceEconomyMagicEntrepreneurSpheresSovereignEquilibriumDespotism Book:The Power Elite Source: The Power Elite
“When it comes to politics, we have an internal glass ceiling. We stand as good a chance as a man to win a political race, but women don't want to run at the same rate as men do. People point to the work-family balance issue, but I think it's much more than that. Many women don't have children, or have children who are no longer at home. There are some deeper psychological and emotional issues in play, like the fact that many of us feel like the embarrassment, humiliation and personal demonization in politics are simply more than our hearts can take. What stops us is fear.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFeelsHeartChildrenPlayFactsHomeRunningPoliticalWinningChanceRaceIssuesEmotionalBalanceRateGlassesDeeperPsychologicalInternalsHumiliationEmbarrassmentCeilingsGlass CeilingWork Family Author:Marianne Williamson
“One of the problems with NPR is that there is so much political correctness that if you've got a name that looks like it was made up by Rudyard Kipling, you've got a better chance of getting hired. I'm a white guy named Tony Snow for heaven's sake. That's as white as it goes.” IfsLooksMadeProblemPoliticalGuyNamesHeavenChanceWhiteSakeSnowPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessWhite GuysNprKipling Author:Tony Snow
“Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has it.” KnowsMenMatterFormPoliticalChanceDemocracyNo Matter WhatEvery ManClassification Author:James Russell Lowell
“I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.” IfsI CanHumorPoliticalChanceHavensBillsPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“I assured the prime minister, my administration will work hard to lay the foundation of peace in the Middle - to work with our nations in the Middle East, give peace a chance. Secondly, I told him that our nation will not try to force peace, that we'll facilitate peace and that we will work with those responsible for a peace.” GivingTryingHardHumorPoliticalForceNationsChanceMiddleHard WorkResponsibleFoundationLaysEastAdministrationMinistersPrimeMiddle EastPrime MinisterAssuredPolitical HumorFacilitate Author:George W. Bush
“I would have to ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners the question they've been questioning. On the other hand, I firmly believe she'll be a fine secretary of labor. And I've got confidence in Linda Chavez. She is a - she'll bring an interesting perspective to the Labor Department.” BelieveHumorHandsPoliticalAsksChanceInterestingHavensPerspectiveFineLaborDepartmentQuestioningSecretaryPolitical HumorChavez Author:George W. Bush
“In such a society as ours the only possible chance for change, for mobility, for political, economic, and moral flow lies in the tactics of guerrilla warfare, in the use of fictions, of language.” UsePoliticalLyingLanguageChanceFictionMoralEconomicFlowWarfareTacticsMobilityGuerrillasGuerrilla Warfare Book:Bodies of Work: Essays Source: Bodies of Work: Essays