Bjork Quotes

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

People feel politics isn't about their lives.

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

I honestly have no interest in politics; I don't think I could ever get into politics.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

People in the tech community may not like politics because it seems less interesting or less pure than what they're doing. But you see the result of not caring about politics. This is no longer an abstract problem.

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it.

I haven't been very active in politics.

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

I am not political as a person.

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

I remember my dad supporting everyone on the local and national level. I was pretty much born into it. I saw the importance of politics firsthand. It gave you a chance to be at the table.

By confirming the importance of politics and politicians in Britain, we can build from the bottom up and begin to reverse the worrying anti-politics trend, which will empower the elite technocrats and leave defenceless the man or woman in the street with a mere vote to cast.

Politics goes in one ear and out the other. I don't even know the president's name for sure. That's how stupid I am.

I don't know enough about politics. I am out of the loop.

Very few [Americans] ... take an active part in politics, however interested they may be in public affairs.

I've never concerned myself with the issues. I'm a political mechanic.