"Ignore everything a politician says before the word but."

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Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com

Frank Mankiewicz

#Politician Quotes

“I realise there's something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they're experts at letting things go.”
“What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say I know instead of I am learning, and pray for credulity and inertia as wise men pray for skepticism and activity.”
“Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences.”
“Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven.”
“In the consumer culture of marriage, commitments last as long as the other person is meeting our needs. We still believe in commitment, because we know that committed relationships are good for us, but powerful voices coming from inside and outside tell us that we are suckers if we settle for less than we think we need and deserve in our marriage. Most baby boomers and their offspring carry in our heads the internalized voice of the consumer culture-to encourage us to stop working so hard or to get out of a marriage that is not meeting our current emotional needs.”
“As the seconds tick down, Belgium are literally playing in time that doesn't exist.”
“Yesterday I lost not only a competitor, friend but most importantly a brother. Andy Irons you will be in my heart for eternity! R.I.P AI”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 3, 2010
“The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.”

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