Quotes about "Politics & Government"

For food service industry and retail, I'm for the minimum wage being increased to at least $12. Not for manufacturing. Software and robotics are going to revolutionize manufacturing in the next 10 years. In the meantime, we have to compete with overseas manufacturing. ”

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service. ”

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words. ”

Everything I do has an underlying political question. ”

At the end of the day, I'm an artist. I may make work and decide to do something political, but it will come out of an artist's position. It won't come out of society telling me I have to. If I do, it's because I choose, as an artist, to do it. ”

I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this. ”

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds. ”

I had this fantasy that in a democracy the government was the population. So I came to America and got a big slap in my face... Americans were not what I thought. I thought I was going to see bastards and I saw nice people, very friendly to me. ”

If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better. ”

Being on set is really hard because there's craft service. ”