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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
Politics: Poly (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites)
Machine learning, n: Automation of your biases
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
Politics is storytelling. We just pick the one we like best.
I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal, or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed up to hit a pedestrian or, of course, stop to kick a pedestrian who has already been hit. From which it followed, of course, that one would never, ever -- on pain of deletion from dozens of Christmas card lists across the country--vote Republican.-- Barbara Ehrehreich ("Automating Politics")
"A cult is a religion with no political power."-- Tom Wolfe
Sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
"Do no activate with wet hands"
Headline: Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
"The Prophets teach us patience."
-- Vedek Bareil
"It appears they also teach you politics."-- Sisko (Star Trek: DS9)
"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."-- Frank Zappa
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.-- Plato
In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people.-- Groucho Marx
Politics: strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.-- Ambrose Bierce
In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.-- Charles De Gaulle
"Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves."-- J. B. Priestley
Politics is like coaching a football team. You have to be smart enough to understand the game but not smart enough to lose interest.
Politicians should be changed frequently, like diapers - and for much the same reason.
It says a lot about the US when they ban lawn darts but you can still buy semi-automatic weapons in a department store.-- Brian Manz
America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned, and the scum floats to the top.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I've come to realize there is a very close resemblance to the first.-- Ronald Reagan
If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a politician, even if you can't hear the tree or the screams, I'll bet you'd at least hear the applause.-- Paul Tindale
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.-- H. L. Mencken
Beepilepsy, n: Aflicts those with vibrating pagers characterized by sudden spasms, goofy facial expressions and loss of speech
Emacs is a good operating system, but I prefer Unix.
Nothing true is popular, and nothing popular is true.
Join the army: meet interesting people, then kill them.
You couldn't get a clue during the clue mating season in a field full of horny clues if you smeared your body with clue musk and did the clue mating dance.-- Edward Flaherty
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.-- Cyril Parkinson
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.-- Justice Robert Jackson
"Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say "Trust me" they're actually being very unamerican."-- David Duchovny (X Files)
"Doesn't anyone remember one of the biggest problems the Super Conducting Super Collider project ran into during construction in Texas? It wasn't politics... It was the Mecca of fire ants in all the extremely high-voltage conduits, junctions, transformers, and other high-strength field areas. The ants would eat the insulating compounds off and sit there basking in the emf high they apparently got. Occasionally, an ant would offer itself as sacrifice, prompting some Damn Big Breakers to blow..." -- RISKS