R. J. Cutler Quotes

To me, politics is a pile of tricks.

There are no techniques in politics.

Politics is power, and communications is power,

There are little games that go on in politics.

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.

I've never been on one of these shows where you have to make alliances and be a team player.

I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.

Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning.

You don't need to fool all of the people all of the time. You only need to fool the majority of the people once every four years or so.

Elections are about fucking your enemies. Winning is about fucking your friends.

Every election is a matter of definition.

A good politicians knows his friends and a good politician knows his enemies.

I believe that [Bill] Clinton is the best tactical politician, certainly in my lifetime.

Democratic politics—that is modern mass politics—is a battlefield in which the most important move is that which decides what the battle is about, what the issue is.

Logic and politics have little in common. Successful political ideologies and parties have little in common.

Politics is like boxing — you try to knock out your opponents

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation

'Bigg Boss' is a game show, and everyone plays their game.

I'm not into political gamesmanship.

Guilt by association is part of campaigning.

In politics things change, in politics timing is important, and in politics, how I move, I don't tell you.