Political Scene Quotes

It's gotta be hard when you are a newcomer to this kind of thing, this big political scene and you have somebody like Michael Bloomberg come in with hundreds of millions of dollars, dumping it in.

I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.

This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.

I love D.C. I love working there.

Any writing teacher tells you to write what you know, and for better or for worse, Washington is a world I know well.

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

The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power

I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.

Taiwan politics certainly is colorful.

How stagnant and tepid the whole British political scene is now is just beyond belief.

For decades, since the mid-twentieth century, the nationalist movement, and Fatah in particular, has dominated the political scene. Palestinian politics were primarily nationalistic, secular. Now, suddenly we are seeing the election of a religious party with extreme political ideologies and with a social agenda that seems inconsistent with the cultural heritage of the Palestinian people.

Once Justin decided to go on the political scene, all the spotlights were on him. I think we've done pretty well finding a balance and a centre. It's a very scrutinized life.

I like living in Washington.