You can't exactly bake a man to your specifications. Most of all, one shouldn't alienate a candidate. A hybrid of Einstein, Tarzan and Inge Meysel doesn't exist. Besides, the images of politicians in the media aren't always accurate. I've had my share of experiences in that regard.

Let the market, not politicians, determine the flow of rice, oil and other commodities. Lower, more stable prices will ensue.

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized.

In pre-movie days, the business of peddling lies about life was spotty and unorganized. It was carried on by the cheaper magazines, dime novels, the hinterland preachers and whooping politicians.

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

We all know that looks matter, and modern politicians have always assumed that their battles are decided on both substance and image.

A vocation is a noble thing and not to be subverted by the whims of politicians.

I've met so many politicians I absolutely despise.

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.

American voting districts are, across a lot of the country, deeply messed up by having been gerrymandered by right-wing politicians.

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.

There's so many politicians who have given politics a pretty poor name... their actions have been demonstrated to be part of their over-enthusiasm to get reelected.

I'll be willing to do things that politicians won't do. Because I don't care who I upset.

Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt.

Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing with professors and consultants over whether there is one standard deviation or two standard deviations.

Weary of wily politicians who say one thing and do another, voters and advocacy groups insist presidential contenders commit to the cause du jour in writing, but candidates are foolish to comply. Words matter.

I'll never stop listening to police officers over politicians.