Quotes About Engagement

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

Politics is everywhere. It's in your shirt, it's in your pants. It's everywhere.

If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.

Do we dare to be ourselves?' This is the question that counts - and not, 'Must a man be helpless?' ...A man can do something for peace without having to jump into politics.

There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results.

There is a lack of leadership outside the Beltway, outside of politics.

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.

I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.

I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

I'll be active in politics through PACs at a later date.

I think there's this great disconnect between youth culture and politics, which is a product of how our capitalist system works.

Politics imagined as direct agency, whether by voting or by participating in politics, you can think you're not political because you don't do anything between elections.

That's probably the most boring conversation you could hear - an actor talk about politics. I won't go there.

There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement, and for that matter, a recipe for intolerance and coercion.

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

There are no more slow weeks. I realized this about 3 years ago. Downtime in politics isn't a thing.

If you're not turned on by politics, politics will turn on you.

Public Speaking is very easy.

.....science-based popular education can have an enormous impact on politics.

Local politics matters a lot.

I don't like my politicians entertaining me and I don't like my entertainers politicianing me.

There is literally no such thing as an idea that cannot be expressed well and articulately to today's voters in thirty seconds.