“I don't pick on politicians. They ain't done nothin'.” DonePoliticsPoliticianPicks Author:Red Skelton
“Debt, weve learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.” LightFireToo MuchPoliticianPicksCrisisCreditDebtConsumersAgencyIngredientsVillainBankersRatingYour FavoriteRegulatorsOverzealous Author:Andrew Ross Sorkin
“As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.” PeopleWantLongLawPoliticsJusticeJudgingPoliticianPicksConstitutionAgreeLawyerCommandDocumentsMeltingTinkeringFederal Judges Author:Antonin Scalia
“We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're quite clever. I've seen them pick people apart.” PeopleThinkingInterestSubjectsPoliticianPicksCleverCommitteesServerSlacker Author:Mark Thomas
“The government's ability to select scientists and pick things that are fairly strange, because politicians don't like failures. They're only in office a short term, and many of these things take a long time.” LongGovernmentTermAbilityStrangePoliticianOfficeLong TimePicksScientistShort TermSelect Author:Bill Gates
“Politicians must pick sides regularly; every time they vote. So it's perhaps natural that they see the world as a battle between competing groups.” WorldSidesNaturalGroupsPoliticianBattlePicksVoteCompeting Author:Jon Kyl