Michael Portillo Quotes

I'm not a really super-political type of person, and that might change as I get older.

I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man.

No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

I know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

I prefer not to discuss politics for one reason: I'm absolutely sure that I understand nothing about politics.

For me, politics is personal because it's my family, and just being aware of my thoughts - are my thoughts productive?

I am such a political person.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

I'm not a great deep political thinker.

I would like to never ever think about any political issues.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.

My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.

Politics was sort of a way of life in our family.

Mandela's political evolution was gradual.

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.

Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time.

I don't know anything about politics. Like, zero. Nothing.

Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.

It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.

I am not political as a person.