Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I know how to finance something. It's easier today because, as you're more successful, everybody wants to do deals with you. But even in the beginning, when I took Landry's public, I owned 100 percent of it. I never had investors or anything. I was just always able to find a way to do it. ”

A lot of people are thanking me for standing up, but I don't want to be the only one standing up. Our political leaders are important. But I don't see anyone hunting down these guys setting refugee camps on fire or sending them to jail. ”

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching. ”

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation. ”

Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions. ”

When I go to auditions, I try to always make sure I go in prepared. I always think to myself, 'I'm here to provide them with a service. They need me, and if they decide to hire me for this service, I'm going to give them the best they've ever paid for and if they don't, they're dumb.' That's on them. ”

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues. ”

Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on. ”

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress. ”

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be. ”