“The way the left is reacting to the death of Fidel Castro up against the incontrovertible facts of who he was, you want to talk about a disconnect. In fact, I don't think it is a disconnect. I think the left, the power brokers, the leaders, I think they actually did admire the guy. I think this is what they think Castro's power - I've always said, the people have asked me, how do these actors and people and these leftist politicians, how come they admire people like this? I said, "They envy their power." And I think there may be a lot to that.” PeopleThinkingWayWantMaySaidFactsGuyActorsLeftLeaderPoliticianEnvyAdmireReactingLeftistsCastroBrokers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to the crazy blonde hair. Then Mayor of London, now Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson was widely seen as a cartoonish oaf and that made him strangely undentable as a politician. No one could land a blow on him because he was already ridiculous.” WayKindMadeCharacterCrazyLandHairTrumpPoliticianBlowLondonRidiculousSecretaryJohnsonBlondeMayorsBlonde Hair Author:Charlie Brooker
“Often vastly more important, international agreements are not routinely published in draft form or publicly debated, and civil society organizations and ordinary citizens often learn of important global institutional design decisions only after they have already been finalized and adopted. The only reliable way to be kept informed and to exert timely influence is by lobbying and paying the politicians and their negotiators.” WayImportantFormDecisionInfluenceDesignCitizensPoliticianOrdinaryOrganizationInternationalAgreementAdoptedCivil SocietyTimelyLobbyingOrdinary Citizens Author:Thomas Pogge
“I think it's interesting that a lot of times people want celebrities to give back in the way that they want them to give back. They want them to give money to the cause they think is important and when that doesn't happen they say, "Oh, they're not doing anything." People think celebrities are going to solve their problems. People think because someone is famous or an athlete or a politician that the solution begins with them. All they're there to do is sell you a product.” PeopleThinkingWayWantGivingImportantProblemHappensCausesInterestingProductsPoliticianSolutionsSellsAthleteSolveGiving Back Author:Rhymefest
“The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.” WayDifficultLosesWatchesPoliticianMouthsWeightBest WayDietsLose Weight Author:Ed Koch
“You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.” KnowsWayJobsPoliticianNegative Author:James Lovelock
“In politics the middle way is none at all.” WaySuccessLawPoliticsMiddlePoliticianNerdMiddle Way Author:John Adams
“When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.” WayMeanTwoFoundPracticeSourcePoliticianAbandonedTaxationTaxpayersTwo Ways Author:H. L. Mencken
“NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.” WorldWayWellsInspirationJobsSpaceCuttingPoliticianProgramInnovationMereBudgetsAgencyExplorationEnginesSpace ExplorationNasa Author:Bill Nye
“Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.” WayDoneLastsPoliticsRightsPoliticianMercyInfiniteEndlessResortsForeignersThings DoneRights And Wrongs Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?” ThinkingKnowsWayWarEnjoyPoliticianVietnamAnti WarCopVietnam WarBannerMachismoAnti Vietnam War Author:Yoko Ono
“Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.” KnowsWayGovernmentPoliticianTaxes Author:Robert Orben
“I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayShouldProblemReligiousLeaderTelevisionPoliticianNewspapersRelyReligious Leaders Author:Michael Palin
“I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.” WayPoliticalDealsPolitician Author:Muqtada al Sadr
“In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.” IfsWayLife IsTurnsChanceAnswersMoneyPoliticianTaxesLogicIncreaseUnfairLife Is Unfair Author:Thomas Sowell