I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics.
In politics and life, timing is everything.
The problem with religious doctrine, as with politics, because of its ability to give people authority, it has a tendency to attract people that want authority for all the wrong reasons, and that is what it has done across all time.
We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.
In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized in their view that America cannot take on the big challenges.
I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy - it's a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.
To me, politics is a pile of tricks.
My politics are: I'm a trustbuster. Very focused. And yeah, I'm pro-efficiency. I want the most economic activity at the lowest price possible. It's good for everybody; it's not red or blue.
Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.
We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.
There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.
The real danger is a politics that buries its head in the sand.
I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
I'm confident about my stint with politics. But I won't leave acting, one, because it brings me my daily bread, and second, I realized that whatever little extra recognition I have today, it's thanks to my acting career.
I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.
We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism.
Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics.
America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
As we've always said, in politics the person with the biggest number wins.
There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.
For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.
The world is governed by opinion.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
A fool and his money are soon elected.
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Conflict and callous politics drive famine.
The extremely wealthy have disproportionate influence on policies that impact us all. This corrupts our politics and leads to poorer people being denied the economic opportunity to flourish in life.
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.