“I will not ever run for political office, I can assure you of that.” I CanRunningPoliticalOffice Author:David Petraeus
“Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.” I CanPlayPoliticalInterestRolesCreativeMusicianJazzBecause I CanBluegrass Author:Jeffrey Wright
“I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.” WritingMindI CanBookPoliticalReligiousViewsMessagesPoint Of ViewLooking BackTransmit Author:Lois Lowry
“It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended.” BelieveI CanPoliticalCertainBitsInfluenceVoteAthleteOffended Author:Pete Sampras
“I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in Canada. If I can't feel that I can make social, political and emotional commitments to a place, I have to find another place.” IfsFeelsI CanEnoughPoliticalSocialEmotionalCommitmentRootsIndianCanadaExpatriates Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life is over. I will never again have an opportunity to serve in any official position. Maybe I can give a little advice from time to time.” PeopleGivingLittlesI CanPoliticalLife IsOpportunityAdvicePositionDown AndDefeatBurdenOfficialsPolitical Life Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader of the party, so now I can branch out into other things... it is a very liberating feeling.” FeelsI CanFeelingsAgePoliticalPartyLeaderCareersFortunateBranchesLiberatingCabinetsAge Of 40 Author:William Hague
“The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.” WayI CanDifferentCountryPlayMomentsHomePastPoliticalSituationTyrannyWarningRemindersDifferent PlaceCrucible Book:The Crucible Source: The Crucible
“It never hurts to be involved in any political or activist organization. I can never see how participation would be a bad thing. The key is being true to what you participate with and who.” I CanWould BePoliticalHurtKeysInvolvedOrganizationBeing TrueBad ThingsActivistParticipation Author:John Cusack
“Here is an educational bombshell: Take from all of today's industrial nations all their industrial machinery and all their energy-distributing networks, and leave them all their ideologies, all their political leaders, and all their political organizations, and I can tell you that within six months, two billion people will die of starvation, having gone through great pain and deprivation along the way.” PeopleWayI CanTwoWisdomTodayPainPoliticalDiesPoliticsEnergyNationsLeaderEconomyGoneMonthsSixOrganizationEducationalBillionsIdeologyLiberalismSix MonthsMachineryStarvationDeprivationPolitical LeadersBombshells Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept.” HumansI CanPoliticalHuman BeingsAcceptingPolitical CorrectnessBeing ThereCorrectnessMidget Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“I trust in due time to lay the perfidy, meanness, and wickedness of [Henry] Clay naked before the American people. I have lately got an intimation of some of his secret movements, which, if I can reach with positive and responsible proof, I will wield to his political, and perhaps his actual, destruction.” PeopleIfsI CanPoliticalSecretMovementDestructionResponsibleLaysDuesProofNakedWickednessClayMeannessDue TimePerfidy Author:Andrew Jackson
“My political enemies I can freely forgive; but as for who abused me when I was serving my country in the field, and those who attacked me for serving my country -- Doctor, that is a different case.” I CanDifferentCountryPoliticalPoliticsEnemyCasesFieldsDoctorsForgivingServingPolitical Enemies Author:Andrew Jackson
“I grew up at a time where I think most people had a social and political conscience. Some of the biggest changes in our country's political history happened at the time I was growing up, so I was raised to be a part of those things and to participate and I will continue to do that as much as I can.” PeopleThinkingI CanCountryPoliticalSocialGrowing UpGrowingHappenedGrewGrew UpConscienceRaisedOur CountryPolitical History Author:George Clooney
“I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanPoliticalActorsViewsRolesImagineSittingHollywoodErasDeniedImagine ThatQualifiedSitting AroundPolitical View Author:Kevin Spacey
“I do love poop. I can't help it. The heart wants what it wants. I enjoy being clever and pithy and political, but nothing's going to get me like dumb stuff.” WantHeartI CanHelpingPoliticalStuffEnjoyCleverDumbPoopPithyDumb Stuff Author:Sarah Silverman
“I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.” PeopleI CanHumorAmericaPoliticalTalkingExampleGreatnessEuropePolitical HumorTrue GreatnessGreatness Of America Author:George W. Bush
“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
“Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to - I can't remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that.” ThinkingI CanHumorRunningAbleRememberPoliticalDogSpeechPolitical HumorInauguralInaugural Speech Author:George W. Bush
“It's not my intention to shock, to offend, sensationalise, be political or whatever; only to make work that is as spiritually meaningful as I can make it-whatever the medium.” I CanPoliticalIntentionMeaningfulMediumsShock Author:Richard Billingham
“I can't be a spokesman for anything other than my own concerns. I have to be free to wrestle with my own preoccupations, and if I'm bringing any political awareness to that process, that mitigates my freedom.” IfsI CanPoliticalProcessMy OwnAwarenessConcernPreoccupationPolitical Awareness Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell it - that's the part I can't really deal with. I would rather do 1,000 things that are work than deal with one thing that's a political problem.” I CanIdeasProblemFilmPoliticalDealsOne ThingSellsWorking It Author:Shane Carruth