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" I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics. "
Norm MacDonald
Much
Know
Anything
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" I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money. "
Norm MacDonald
Good
Ambition
Money
" When I was young, I'd watch guys on 'The Tonight Show', Buddy Hackett, guys like that, where all they'd be is funny. Later, I remember, on 'Late Night with Letterman', I remember he'd have Jay Leno and Richard Lewis as first guests and the entire point was to entertain and be funny, and I think talk shows have kind of lost that. "
Norm MacDonald
Night
Think
Funny
" Finality is not the language of politics. "
Benjamin Disraeli
Language
Politics
Finality
" Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. "
Otto von Bismarck
Been
Politics
Never
" 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
People
Art
Politicians
" Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. "
Winston Churchill
May
Politics
War
" In theatres, you're kind of disconnected. Also, it's way too big for the likes of me. Unless you're Robin Williams or someone that can fill a stage with movement and energy, it just looks like a small man on a big stage. "
Norm MacDonald
Energy
You
Man
" In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn't have a stupid opinion about it. "
Norm MacDonald
Stupid
Out
You
" Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. "
Charles Krauthammer
America
Trust
Two
" In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves. "
R. A. Butler
Wolves
Rest
Politics
" Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. "
W. C. Fields
Politics
Never
Always
" Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. "
Grover Cleveland
Women
Woman
Vote
" Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics. "
Michael Eric Dyson
Politics
Best
History
" They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. "
Clare Boothe Luce
Know
Men
You
" Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball. "
Bill Bradley
Basketball
Trying
Politics
" I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office. "
Chelsea Clinton
Hope
Vote
Politics
" The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics. "
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Politics
Because
Fact
" I don't really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world. "
Norm MacDonald
End
Simplicity
Sports
" I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams. "
Rick Perlstein
Team
Control
Two
" The basis of Ronald Reagan was his humanity. I might not have agreed with his politics, but my research - all I read about him and by him - was that he was revered because he had a big heart. He was very religious and sincere. He believed that one spoke truths because, otherwise, people would know you were lying. None of that even applies to Trump. "
Tim Matheson
Heart
Know
People
" All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics. "
Thomas Sowell
Rich
Political
Politics
" I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. "
David Mamet
Gag
About
Ask
" Conservatives really don't believe in politics as the primary instrument of getting along in life and therefore don't tend to put their energy into it a way people left of center do. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Energy
Politics
People
" A lot of people think I'm difficult to work with. It's not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn't really matter. I guess I'm somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy. "
Norm MacDonald
Like
People
Think
" Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. "
Spiro T. Agnew
Over
People
American
" I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world. "
Tammy Duckworth
Community
Time
Experience
" What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. "
Estelle Morris
Create
You
Politics
" I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration. "
Norm MacDonald
Collaboration
Writing
Love
" The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life. "
Molly Ivins
Play
Life
Money
" Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. "
Winston Churchill
Healthy
Politics
Greatest