Krystal Ball Quotes

The Politician uses the language of diplomacy of which he is a master, and it consists in telling some of the truth without necessarily exhausting it.

Theres only three things [Giuliani] mentions in a sentence—a noun, a verb, and 9/11

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

I've been criticized because I've had the temerity to speak out and done a couple of interviews since I left office. I don't find anything surprising about that.

Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.

People [in politics] do go on and talk.

We must be careful about speech writers making foreign policy.

I think Donald Trump's language and the way that he presents things oftentimes is not good.

Barack Obama's a politician, I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences.

Donald Trump has to be respected.

Donald Trump is many things, but I don't think he's a racist.

Sarah Palin kept talking and talking, and the more she talks, the less compelling she can be. People say, "She's a very good politician, very deft at what she does," and whatever. And I hear that sometimes and go, "I don't know much about this stuff, but I would say no." Because the really good politician expands the audience, not contracts it. She may be getting a very vocal crowd, but it's a very specific group.

This business of saying the same thing over and over and over again – which to a lot of Washington insiders and pundits is boring – works.

Michele Bachmann... I'm not going to say it. I'm not going to say it.... Tutti-frutti. I know I'm going to get in trouble!

Do you get the feeling with Sarah Palin, in high school, she was voted least likely to write a book and most likely to burn one?

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

Donald [Trump], is great at - at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate.

It is sometimes hard to know what Sarah Palin means, just on a day to day basis. Sometimes it is hard to follow what she is talking about.

Hillary Clinton is so dishonest she doesn't want people peppering her with questions.

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

By the way, I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking, but my response is this: he’s just angry because the president doesn’t shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?

Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy.

Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is now governor of California. He is a very shrewd man - he already has all of his sex scandals behind him.