political navigation Quotes

I had to learn to navigate the political and religious currents in a state where Mormonism dominates despite not being Mormon.

Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.

For federal races, being able to carefully navigate the Trump Era is a significant challenge.

Public opinion is the pennant on a nation's mast which shows the politician and the editor how to trim the sails.

It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.

Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political and bureaucratic.

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

We live in a different media age, a different realm if you will. And whoever is going to aspire to the presidency is going to need to understand what that realm entails and how to navigate it.

Politics is like driving. To go backward put it in R. To go forward put it in D.

The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating such a world is difficult and precarious.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.

Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.