Harvey Gantt Quotes

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.

I do not have any strong desire to remain in government. When my task is done, I shall be happy to leave and enhance my love life with my husband.

I know I'm not going to be working with the WWE forever. That's why I'm going to be the Mayor of the city of Houston, so I can move on to the next stage of my life.

Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.

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

I'm not sure I had a political career for the future anyway. I'm not sure that politics was what I wanted to spend my life doing.

Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.

If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

I'm not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon.

I am not going to participate in professional politics again.

I never envisioned retiring out of the Congress.

I may be leaving the Senate, but the next chapter in my public service is just beginning.

I will complete my second term, but I have made no decision as to my plans after Congress except that I will continue in public service, including as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.

We've done amazing things for the state. Some of them have had a national impact, but I'm going to be ready for some new challenges, and so I'm not going to seek a fifth term as attorney general.

I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.

I haven't ruled out another run for office at some point.

Now how about this, ladies and gentlemen? The Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has announced she is stepping down. She will no longer be the Governor of Alaska. First thing, she woke up and went out on her porch and waved goodbye to Russia.

I've never ruled out the possibility of going back into public service.

I don't see myself going back to 'Strictly' as a professional in the same capacity as I started. But I'll definitely keep dancing.

But politics is something that would require so much of me. I'm a public figure now, but as a politician... It's more likely that I'll become a sportscaster than a politician.

I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.

I'm not going to broadcast forever. I'll probably want to do something else in basketball, which will probably be running a team or at least helping run a team.

I've been the longest-serving police commissioner in the history of the department, but it's time in my life to move on. I'm ready for new adventures, new challenges.

It’s hard to say. I don’t want to limit myself by saying one thing or another. I couldn’t have imagined the path that these past five years have taken me, so I guess I’ll just give a safe answer and say that I hope to be elected as the president of the United States in 2016.

I haven't thought about aspirations for the future. I like politics, I like serving the public, and we'll see if God offers us another opportunity in the future.