Emile Hirsch Quotes

In 2009, my father wanted me to join politics. I told him, 'Why should I jump into the dirt and grime of politics when I can have politicians come to me as owner of a media group?' Then my father gave me an ultimatum.

You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

I'm not friends with politicians. I'm not people's mate.

I'm not friends with politicians.

When you come down to the short strokes in Washington DC, you have to have power.

From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing.

Territorial Governors -- are nothing but politicians who go out to the outskirts of countries and suffer the privations there in order to build up stakes and come back as United States Senators.

Business must learn the lesson. Political power is necessary, that such political power must be assiduously cultivated; and that when necessary, it must be used aggressively and with determination.

No particular prior experience—not business or academia, or think tanks, or law—suggests that an individual will master the bureaucratic politics of Washington DC.

Politics is a game of friends.

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

The size of your business should be matched by the size of your political influence. If your political influence is smaller than your business, it will be taken away from you. If your political influence is bigger than your business, then you are a politician.

Lee Atwater [Republican National Committee Chairman] saw politics as a cutthroat game and didn't mind holding the blade.

I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.

I've been really at the highest levels of American political life.

I'm not a creature of Washington.

I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.

Politicians never fade away; they just keep carrying on, you know, their class.

To join in the political fray, I don't think it convinces anyone. It just becomes a talking point on CNN.

In the White House, I had influence. At Breitbart, I had power.

Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really, really makes the difference.

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.