Elizabeth Warren Quotes

I made that decision around the time of 'Halloween,' whether I wanted to continue trying to be a singer and rock and roll player or get into movies.

I just didn't have the desire to run for political office. There are other things that I like to do, and it just wasn't my choice. But if it had been my choice, I certainly would have done it.

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.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second.

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

After thinking carefully about how I can best help my fellow Minnesotans, I have decided to not seek election for a different office in 2014. The warm encouragement from many people to run for U.S. senator or the governorship was deeply humbling.

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.

I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.

I've dedicated my life to public service, and I feel it's still a noble profession. However, I also understand it's a contact sport.

[The governor] has chosen to follow political advice rather than medical advice.

To be a policy eunuch is just not a viable option in this day and age.

Elected officials, when faced with either-or decisions, inevitably choose both.

Government is not for the short-winded.

Why should you care? Your side won.

Sometime between elections we should concentrate on doing something.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues ….

I'm used to the fact that the world views movie actors as personalities. I'm in the extremely fortunate position of making a living at something I'm passionate about. It's all about choices. By the nature of what I do, I make a choice. I invite them in.

It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.