There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
GalbraithNo science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
Jacob BronowskiAnybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose. [On the true nature of politics]
James EllroyI seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.
Lyndon JohnsonThe movies were custard compared to politics.
Nancy ReaganIn politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.
Roy HattersleyWe mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.
Adlai E StevensonPolitics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Tse-TungPolitics is a life sentence. It's an obsessive, all-demanding, utterly fascinating, totally committing profession - stimulating, satisfying, stretching.
Michael HeseltineI think we do need a long term settlement for political funding in this country otherwise, you know, politics costs money, and this kind of thing is going to happen again and again
Hazel BlearsPolitics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.
Larry FlyntWe need the highest activity, true workers politics!
Otto BraunWe made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to honor that. In a way, we were trying to make these films for him, not for ourselves.
Peter JacksonHe brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match
Aneurin BevanYou can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.
Harry S TrumanNothing is irreparable in politics.
Jean AnouilhI'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
Adlai StevensonI have certainly not got re-elected to retire, and I shall certainly start trying to push my influence in politics as far as I possibly can
Kenneth ClarkeRobin Cook's contribution to British politics was immense. He was a politician of principle who fought hard for the things he believed in. He will be greatly missed. [on Robin Cook]
Michael HowardI am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
T S EliotA sporting system is the by-product of society and its political system, and it is just boyhood dreaming to suppose you can ever take politics out of sport.
Peter HainI have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Lord ByronOne of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.
Donald TrumpMen enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
C Northcote ParkinsonCompromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship
James Russell LowellHere are a list of Quotes from the delightful Northern Irish Comedian Danny McCrossan
Even the most powerful lie detector invented couldn’t drag a secret out of a woman, however, women rarely have lunch with lie detectors… - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian
See women need to talk because they feel like they have to have adequate levels of communication in order to sustain a healthy and open relationship, whereas men are only driven to speak because of matters beyond their control, like not being able to find clean socks. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
In Pagan times, uninspired people made sacrifices at the altar, and today, thanks to marraige, many still do. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
When women are bored they do the usual things, they eat, they go shopping, they neurotically judge the looks of other women, but men, men invade another country! - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Anything that I’ve ever done that ended up worthwhile, initially scared me to death. Wether it was walking out on stage for that very first time, or asking a girl to include me in her plans for the future, but you know what, You have to risk everything sometimes or you risk even more. It’s not the challenges we face that define us, it’s the actions we take. - Danny McCrossan -Northern irish Comedian.
Everyone had big plans for me when I was younger, it was a cliche “Danny can do anything he wants to do” So I did the only thing I ever thought was worthwhile, bring laughter into the world. How I came to been seen as somewhat of a dissapointment to all those people who had made plans for me, well that still makes me chuckle. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
You learn alot in your teenage years, for instance I learned that if you’re ever being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a little tunnel, then onto a mini seesaw and then jump through a ring of fire, they’ve trained for that y’see. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Asking people in Northern Ireland what they think of politics is like asking the Jews what they think of Hitler. - Danny MCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
There are too many warnings on packaging these days - defrost before eating - Use as directed - I mean, what’s next, you buy a packet of condoms, warning - may contain nuts! - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
I say don’t conform, don’t allow yourself to be pigeon holed, it’s no good for the soul, and the pigeon doesn’t enjoy it either. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
I remember how nervous I was my very first gig and I remember when I walked out on stage and spoke those words, how the audience laughed and laughed. I swore, there and then, that one day I would have my revenge. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
The sign said “This door to remain closed at all times” Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a door? - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Danny McCrossanThe more you read about politics, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other
Will RogersMediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed. [Does that explain politicians?]
Hans EnzensbergerPolitics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.
William Howard TaftThere are no politics in war. Politics is the luxury of the safe-at-home. War is a lottery of survival.
John CoryPolitics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Henry AdamsIf I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.
Mahatma GandhiI am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
Margaret ThatcherI don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.
Kenneth ClarkeThe bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
Marcel AchardTurn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
Ralph NaderPublic life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
Pat RileyPolitics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose BierceThere are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
Mario CuomoIt will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
Florence E AllenPolitics is not an exact science.
Otto Von BismarckA week is a long time in politics.
Harold WilsonIn politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.
Larry SummersPolitics and war are remarkably similar situations.
Newt GingrichConfound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks.
Henry CareyThe argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuble argument in modern politics.
Emmeline PankhurstThe challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.
Hilary ClintonDifference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics
Wendell PhillipsThere are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics.
Margaret ThatcherPolitics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
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