J. C. Watts Quotes

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.

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

I don't want to be known as a politician.

I was not born for politics.

I never considered politics as an option, not ever.

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

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

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

I don't see myself in the political realm.

No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way.

I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.

I started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader.

I've decided to get into active politics on Narendra Modiji's request. I don't know how successful I will be, but I'll give it my best shot.

I am joining politics for sure.

I am not cut out for politics. I don't even dream of joining politics.

I'm not entering politics for name or fame.

If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you or to myself.

I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys!

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.

I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.

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

I don't have to be in politics.

I'm not a politician or political animal.

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.