It’s easy being a humorist when you’ve got the whole government working for you.
Will RogersLying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler.
Albert CamusMan is not free unless government is limited.
Ronald ReaganWinning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you’re the mayor. The bad news is, now you’re the mayor.
Clint EastwoodSome people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
Albert CamusEverything isn’t political.
Jordan PetersonOf course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.
Clint EastwoodWhen I look back on what I did for the Left, I’m in a small way quite proud of some of it – I only wish I’d done more.
Christopher HitchensA fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
Jimmy CarterThe most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
Thomas SowellBy most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.
Noam ChomskyI was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.
Mark TwainSome say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?
Greta ThunbergTake advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Jim RohnI have been – I have spoken in Bir Zeit a number of times.
Noam ChomskyNobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we’ve got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
Barack ObamaGive thy thoughts no tongue.
William ShakespeareThe U.S. couldn’t even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They’ll be killing each other again in less than a year. I’m sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
Bill GatesThose who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
Friedrich NietzscheI got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
Muhammad AliIn my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
Abraham LincolnColonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
Benjamin DisraeliWhen you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it’s always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
Dan QuayleOne lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
Lyndon B. JohnsonBefore I speak, I have something important to say.
Groucho MarxYou cannot mix sports with politics.
Jackie ChanNever hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Winston ChurchillWhen I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
Bob UeckerWriting, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
Isaac AsimovTo be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple.
Angelina JolieEven people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.
Clint EastwoodWe are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
Winston ChurchillFor Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
Alexander PopeWhen I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every lesson to take the Old Testament text or New Testament text and apply them to what is happening to me or how that applies to the audience that I’m teaching in a modern, fast-changing, technological world. I use headlines, interfaith and that sort of thing.
Jimmy CarterI think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.
Terry PratchettI took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
Theodore RooseveltI almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
Fidel CastroThe finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
George EliotI just didn’t want to get out there anymore; I didn’t want to get back into what I call ‚the swamp.‘ And the other reason why is I don’t think it’s good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama’s got plenty of critics – and I’m just not gonna be one.
George W. BushDo you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
John F. KennedyMy name can’t be that tough to pronounce!
Keanu ReevesI never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
Lou HoltzThe problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
Lou HoltzWhen George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.
Noam ChomskyTalking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
Joseph AddisonIt’s very intense to be in front of a live audience. It’s just an amazing experience. It’s dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It’s electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you’re on this other planet.
Steven WrightWe need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
Barack ObamaWords do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Jim RohnPeace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.
Desmond TutuRepublicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It’s the other way around. They never vote for us.
Dan QuayleIn true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
Thich Nhat HanhPeople may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
John C. MaxwellRomney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know.
Clint EastwoodI’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they’re interested in.
Bill GatesBeing politically correct means saying what’s polite rather than what’s accurate. I like to be accurate.
Robert KiyosakiPeople are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
Madeleine AlbrightI will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.
Fidel CastroI’ve never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a ‚fat cat‘ and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a ‚public-spirited philanthropist‘.
Ronald ReaganThere is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.
Mark TwainWe have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
Dan Quayle