Susana Martinez Quotes

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

It would be wonderful to be a member of the United States Senate.

I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future.

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.

Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I'm definitely interested in.

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

I was interested in politics very much when I was growing up, and that's what I think I really wanted to be - either a senator, or a Supreme Court Justice, and I always wanted to be a lawyer.

I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.

I hadn't really thought about politics as a career in my twenties or early thirties.

While I loved aspects of the law, my upbringing had shown me that in politics, you could make policy decisions that actually changed people's lives - so I made my decision, and ran for my father's old seat.

I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.

I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate.

I think I went into poli-sci because I knew there was a stage, plus I thought I wanted to help people, and I realized in poli-sci that if you want to be a politician you're either born into it, or you've got an amazing brain, which those are rare - and I don't have one.

I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.

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

I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.

I'm not going to lie to you: being Speaker of the State Assembly is the best job I've ever had in my entire career. But you know, I got into politics 'cause I wanted to make a difference, and I was always raised that one person could make a difference.

If I went into politics, it's because I grew up in a political atmosphere.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.

Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.