Quotes About Insight

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during a moment.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.

I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

If you read angry political blogs, substitute Obama with my daddy and you'll usually learn a lot about the author.

Good politicians need not be intellectuals, but they should have intellectual lives.

My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands in politics - to meet people, to know their games, their secrets.

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.

I'm glad I'm blind and can't see it.

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

I'm not going to talk too much politics because I'm not smart enough to do that.

I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.

It's been a hard lesson for me , but contrary quite frankly to what is a common practice in politics, I can tell from my own experience, it is better to stay away from personalities.

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.