Quotes About Communication

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly affects people's lives better than any politician I've ever met.

I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.

I shake hands very gladly politically. I don't think you could be a politician if you didn't shake hands.

Nixon, with his mellifluous baritone, was a great politician for radio but creepy on TV.

As a politician, I engage with all kinds of opinions irrespective of whether they are in the media or not.

I'm a filmmaker. I'm not a politician.

I'm not a politician; I don't have a well-organised PR machine to craft my every word.

My funny speech wasn't funny. That's not the first time a politician has done that.

A politician can go out and speak for him or herself, but actually for the family it's difficult - although it does bind you.

I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.

I guess I am a more, I don't know, consumer-facing politician.

A politician's speech can't do what a movie or a cultural event like a song or piece of music can.

Gaslighting only goes so far. This is a lesson many a politician has learned the hard way.

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.

I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.