Sally Field Quotes

Without Nancy, Ronnie would still be driving his red Lincoln up and down California’s beaches and talking to Republican women’s clubs.

Take pains to get on your side the young men of high rank, and keep the friendship of those whom you already have. They will contribute much to your political position.

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.

I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors.

I think that people like Bloomberg, they're complete thugs. No question about it. But on the other hand, it must be said that they are politically savvy. They don't get into those positions of power - in the case of Bloomberg, both economic and political power - by being anybody's fool.

There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.

Growing up, I never imagined a girl from a border town could one day become a governor.

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

I never owned a pair of blue jeans until I met my second wife.

People who know Paul Ryan say, 'He will be president one day.'

Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never been clear, at least to the public, what roles he played.

In my position, I could be a debutante. But we only got to this position by being a politically active family.

I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow up. They're about meeting people from different backgrounds and different religions and different cultures, and mixing with people that you wouldn't ordinarily meet.

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.

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career.

I was on the football team because I wanted to experience the different iconic social classes of high school. So football for me was an attempt to socially integrate in an interesting way. And then I didn't like it anymore and stopped doing it and focused more on drama and science and other forms of art and music.

I am no longer a political accident.

You don’t become a statesman unless you are first a good politician.

Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting.

Rayburn was one of the most powerful men in national life. If he were not from Texas, he could have been President … He was a powerhouse!

Clinton was the most formidable politician I have ever encountered.