Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
David Hockney

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
Bob Woodward

Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
R. W. Apple, Jr.

Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it.
Kathleen Quinlan

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.
James Bovard

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
Fletcher Knebel

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
Jessica Savitch

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
R. Lee Ermey

The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country.
Kenneth Clarke

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.
Robert McChesney

The endorsement of respected conservative Republican officeholders and politicians is particularly important at this time as to destroy Reagan's credibility as a loyal Republican.
Robert Teeter

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.
Henry Hazlitt

The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.
Rush Limbaugh

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
Tony Benn

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.
Flann O'Brien

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
William Westmoreland

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.
Claude Pepper

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
Andy Rooney