Quotes of: Political-world Keyword

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

A Memory of Light

Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Nationalism has little to contribute today except further suffering.

Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey In Science And Politics

Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and imagination.

March

When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art.

Nothing So Glorious

A hundred words put together to formulate an excuse will never resolve a conflict, political justifications are silly lies.

The Last and the Lost

In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture.

Lost for Words

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Major Barbara

Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts.

Slavery in Massachusetts

How many 17s can you fit in your anus? Next time, try 18.  Then try running for political office.

Sleepwalking is restercise

I stepped in dick. Well, just a puddle of penis. Then I wiped it off my feet and voted it into political office.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel

But all our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common...

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

But what is the core of the political? Men killing men on the largest scale in broad daylight and with the greatest serenity.

On Plato's Symposium

Things that are back to front are often easier to comprehend if they are upside down as well. In life as in politics.

The Truth

Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

The Thirteenth Tale

I just stepped in shit, and now I’ve got political rhetoric all over my shoes.

This Book Has No Title

Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me put up with this. With him.

Uninvited

I'm very polite by nature, even the voices in my head let each other finish their sentences.

Unspent Time

Without trust, there can be no genuine peace. Neither in politics, nor in the quiet individuality of the heart and spirit.

Vision of the Future