It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals to look out for hypocrisy advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not Nature is party to all our deals and decisions and she has more votes a longer memory and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I do is not art. Let's say it is just objects or materials movies or writing but not art OK?

The whole world loves American movies blue jeans jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.

Three groups spend other people's money: children thieves politicians. All three need supervision.

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.