I've never worked in politics never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
It's such a beautiful sport with no politics involved no color no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.
Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.
Thus the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are.
That is why everyone in politics and we do it must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
On the one hand the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.
I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.
Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up.
In the world of energy politics the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event.
Anyone who seeks to be involved in politics should join hands with America.
I'm not involved in the politics of religion but I love what the message is.
Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message and it either connects for you or or it doesn't.
I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
Local politics like everything else are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like our physical existence - still breaks down along geographical lines.
Regardless of Bill Clinton's politics or personal life he grew up in obscurity and was elected to the presidency - twice. Don't take that away from him because then you take it away from every other kid in America sitting out there in a school bus with a big dream.
Well for me the pro-life issue has been something I've been very passionate about since the '70s and I have been very involved in the pro-life community since long before politics.
Arkansas is a state where politics is retail.
Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.
I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'
I hate injustice and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
My college Fitzwilliam was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.
But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.
I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.