954 private quotes tagged politics

“Anyone who seeks to be involved in politics should join hands with America.”— Muqtada al Sadr

“That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.”— Angela Merkel

“On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.”— Angela Merkel

“It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.”— Jack Buck

“I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'”— George Clooney

“Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.”— Mike Huckabee

“Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.”— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

“I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.”— David Walliams

“I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.”— Eva Green

“Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.”— Bob Geldof

“I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.”— Bob Geldof

“Nothing is irreparable in politics.”— Jean Anouilh

“London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble we had severe energy problems we were under constant terrorist attack from Irish terrorist groups who started a bombing campaign in English cities politics were fantastically polarized between left and right.”— Ian Mcewan

“Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.”— Charles Kennedy

“Yeah, exactly, you can talk about politics in music, you can talk about something else, but that's always going to change, and love is never going to change.”— Enrique Iglesias

“There will be no politics, no ifs and buts if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.”— Ian Botham

“Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.”— John Major

“I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.”— Enrique Iglesias

“The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.”— John Major

“The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.”— Kathryn Bigelow

“The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people before, they were run by creative people.”— Enrique Iglesias

“I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.”— George Osborne

“In argument, truth always prevails finally in politics, falsehood always.”— Walter Savage Landor

“I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of time. Go and write a book. It's more important and it'll last longer.”— Wilbur Smith

“We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.”— Talib Kweli