Jaboukie Young-White Quotes

When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.

I'm only sort of a politician.

I think I went into poli-sci because I knew there was a stage, plus I thought I wanted to help people, and I realized in poli-sci that if you want to be a politician you're either born into it, or you've got an amazing brain, which those are rare - and I don't have one.

I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

I don't really regard myself as a political figure.

I am joining politics for sure.

Many people in public life are not good campaigners.

Oh my God, don't ever start a political party. It's exhausting.

Mahesh is not campaigning for any political party. Nor does he intend to contest any elections or pursue any kind of political ambitions.

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

Politics was put in front of me. I do politics because it's the vehicle for change and because I happen to be good at it... I had this sort of calm fearlessness, that some would call foolishness.

Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.

I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.

I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.

By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do.

I am not a professional politician.

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.

I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

I'm not in the business of politics.

I loved campaigning for Obama.