Quotes of: Politeness Keyword

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

Mary McCarthy

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

Mitt Romney

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

Margaret Thatcher

No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcend economic cycles.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

Orson Welles

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

Paddy Ashdown

I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.

Paul Wellstone

I'm a comedian at the beginning and the end of the day. I'm not affiliated with any campaign, nor do I generally find politics interesting enough to plan to be involved.

Rob Delaney

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

Romola Garai

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Richard M. Nixon

The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.

Salman Rushdie

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

Shirley Temple

I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.

Steven Wright

I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.

Steven Van Zandt

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Tony Kushner

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

Theresa May

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Tom Tancredo

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

Vince Cable

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

Vladimir Lenin

I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.

Vijay Mallya

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Winston Churchill