That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.

Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.

So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in.

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

Talk politics, talk about study and talk positively.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.

Politics has come to resemble a cynical team game played by politicians, while the public has been pushed aside as if sitting on the seats of a stadium in which passion for politics is gradually making room for blindness and desperation.

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office.

The '90s were extremely diverse, almost like a laboratory of the new century. There was much experimenting around, in politics, economics, gender and family structures, and also in fashion. There was a cloud of possibilities which kept us all dizzy.

Initially, it was the unpractical in fashion that brought me to design my own line. I felt that it was much more attractive to cut clothes with respect for the living, three-dimensional body rather than to cover the body with decorative ideas.

It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time to restore civility in Congress. It's time for action where action is needed - all politics aside.

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be.

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

There is more power in unity than division.

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy.

Every day alive in the 'Power' world is a beautiful day.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.

Creativity has to start somewhere, and we are true believers in the power of bracing, candid feedback, and the iterative process - reworking, reworking, and reworking again until a flawed story finds its through line or a hollow character finds its soul.

There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.

The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow.

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

We all have cultural bias, racial bias. One of the difficult things around this subject matter is to deny that we have places we go to subconsciously, and unless you consciously decide that that's wrong and you've got to do something about it, especially if you're in a position of power, it won't change.

My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.

I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.