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What I'm doing is exploring things. This is why I'm a fiction writer rather than an essayist or a politician or whatever. I just gather material and find a scenario, and see where it takes me. I don't have a plan.

What makes it possible for politicians to do so many things that are economically counterproductive is that neither the public nor the media know enough of the basics to understand what's wrong with what they're saying.

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.

What's the difference between a politician and a catfish? One is a wide-mouthed, bottom-feeding, slime sucker - and the other is a fish.

What we are seeing in Turkey is a non-uniformed authoritarian regime led by a politician, Tayyip Erdogan, who has allowed power to go to his head and is behaving more and more like a despot. Sooner or later this will provoke political uprisings throughout the country as happened after Gezi.

What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all of the predictions are coming true even faster than the scientists thought. We have the inequality crisis, where the Panama Papers are a great reminder that the one per cent have actually created their own economy. We still have the crisis of child poverty, which has never been dealt with despite decades of concerned words from politicians.

What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self - deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn't matter if you're a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting.

When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.

When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask themselves only whether it is true. When a politician says something, his colleagues must first of all ask, 'Why does he say it?

When government 'creates jobs' by taking money from the private sector and 'investing' in favored projects, it is not truly productive activity. Rather, the government has preempted the economic process, forbidding it to serve consumers so that it can instead serve the objectives of politicians and bureaucrats.

Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.

When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.

When politicians & economists understand we live in a finite world & act accordingly then a better future has a chance

When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.

When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult.

When you notice that politicians and the media are after you, it makes you all the more determined to find out the truth.

When you're selling a product or service, you don't have - it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect, although I've provided language that is. When you're a politician, one wrong word changes the entire - changes the meaning of something.

Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.

Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician.

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician.

Why can't we have a voice? What's the difference between an athlete having millions or Donald Trump? Every time a politician talks, they talk about what's wrong with America. Well, he's an athlete who is also saying something is wrong with America. Why is it that when he talks, people say, 'How can he talk about oppression and make millions?' Well, Trump is talking about it. Hillary Clinton is talking about it. And they have more money than most athletes.

Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the public?

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.

Wit puts politicians at risk.

Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion?

Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

Why have computers? Politicians are far more calculating.

Why, look you, I am whipp'd and scourg'd with rods, Nettled and stung with pismires[nettles], when I hear Of this vile politician, Bolingbroke.

Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.

Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

you can do anything you set your mind to

You can't be both a writer and a politician, at least not a good writer. A writer must always tell the truth as he sees it. And the politician must never give the game away.

You cannot teach somebody to write a masterpiece, but you can certainly teach them how to improve their writing skills. And you can teach them that they can make their own voices more effective by being able to communicate more clearly and forcefully. It makes people feel more capable when they can write - for instance to make a request - of a politician - and when they are able to receive a reply.

You can't exactly bake a man to your specifications. Most of all, one shouldn't alienate a candidate. A hybrid of Einstein, Tarzan and Inge Meysel doesn't exist. Besides, the images of politicians in the media aren't always accurate. I've had my share of experiences in that regard.

You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.

You don't put an animal in the corner without the animal striking back, you don't put a politician in the corner and without them expecting to strike back at you.

You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.

You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance.

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

You don't help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.

You said in your book that at the end of the day, every politician is human. What about during the day?