Weve switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics – trying to play a serious part in the world – to a culture thats really entertainment-based. – Stephen King
The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldnt have previously. – Marilyn Manson
Its like being at the kids table at Thanksgiving – you can put your elbows on it, you dont have to talk politics… no matter how old I get, theres always a part of me thats sitting there. – John Hughes
Its really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how youre going to get it to these people. – Bob Geldof
I think that people are tired. Theyre tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics. – Michelle Obama
First rule of politics: you cant win unless youre on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win. – Donald Rumsfeld
Politics is human beings its addition rather than subtraction. – Donald Rumsfeld
I dont think consensus-building politics is what Im meant to be doing. – Christopher Hitchens
The advice Ive been giving to people all my life – that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you you cant give up politics, it wont give you up – was the advice I should have been taking myself. – Christopher Hitchens
The term the American Left is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isnt really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. – Christopher Hitchens
I hate politics. Its slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I dont like. The country has gotten so partisan that if youre not on my side, youre the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice. – Mark Cuban
The democracy gap in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the least worst every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the least worst gets worse. – Ralph Nader
At present, our country needs womens idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. – Shirley Chisholm
African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obamas left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss. – Alveda King
I voted for Barack because he was black. Cuz thats why other folks vote for other people – because they look like them… Thats American politics, pure and simple. – Samuel L. Jackson
I dont really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism. – Marco Rubio
I dont know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. Its very much about the class structure. – Daniel Radcliffe
I detest politics, to be honest with you. Its a cesspool. And I dont think I would fare well in that cesspool because I dont believe in political correctness and I certainly dont believe in dishonesty. – Benjamin Carson
You do the policy, Ill do the politics. – Dan Quayle
Ive rarely kept my distance from kind of – I dont know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing. – David Byrne
