Peter Capaldi Quotes

I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

I don't have business with any politicians.

Any man familiar with public life realizes the foul gossip which ripples just under the surface about almost every public man, and especially about every President

To be a politician must not be a pleasure always.

I'm not friends with politicians.

I go to a lot of events morning, noon and night when I'm not in Washington.

The greatest superstition now entertained by public men is that hypocrisy is the royal road to success.

One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

That's probably the most boring conversation you could hear - an actor talk about politics. I won't go there.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

I think the people that Barack Obama has been associating with are anti-American, by and large.

After Donald Trump's derogatory comments about immigrants, NBC has officially cancelled Celebrity Apprentice. Think about it: Donald Trump isn't even president yet, and he's already made America a better place!

[Betsy DeVos] is quite a smart person, capable, pretty sophisticated in subtle thought. And so to me, that puts her in the realm of policy. But we're in a climate where, as today, she tries to visit a school, and she can't even do that because protesters are blocking that.

Here comes the pope saying, "Well, that may be true about Cruz, but you build walls, and we Christians don't do that. So you're not a Christian, either." Sometimes all you can do is chuckle. I mean, you need a break from it some. You just can't be intense and wadded up all the time here, folks.

The White House admitted that Vice President Biden's endorsement of gay marriage forced him to come out in favor of it. So in a related story millions of Americans are trying to get Biden hooked on pot.

Nobody intends to put up a wall!

I could write an entirely new book about Andy Warhol, but I don't think I will. I certainly don't think Nancy Reagan would like that, as she's been patiently waiting for Volume 2 of my chronicle of the life of her and Ronnie.

When people in a country are being hurt, the issues are bigger than sport. Let's hope the right decision is made

You know who would make an interesting murder-suicide? Madeline Albright and Yanni.

Get yourself a few ‘Dime a Dozen Generals,’ bid high in the ‘former statesmen lobby auction’, and put in your pocket one or two ‘ex-congressmen turned lobbyists’ who know the ropes when it comes to pocketing a few dozen who still serve.

The most elementary of good manners . . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or unfortunate facts, religion, or politics.

Statesmen are grocers, ambitious clowns.

The Democrats should have an empty chair on stage for the entire DNC, and when anyone asks who it belongs to, they can say Osama bin Laden.

Ron Teigen Sr. and Donald Trump Sr. both have matching political qualifications: zero.

Men are strange about politics. I have been around the world twice and I know politicians from many cultures. They are all alike. As long as they find themselves in the middle of it, they say they are sorry that all their time is taken up by politics. But as soon as they have lost and are out - oh, how terrible for them!