Steve Bullock Quotes

When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.

To my knowledge, there's never been a scientist in the U.S. Senate.

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You can't be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

No high qualities of statesmanship are expected from a Congressman.

No man can be a politician except he be first a historian.

Yes, from the time I was in junior high school I decided I wanted to be a chemist. I didn't quite know what a chemist was, but I kept it up and got my Ph.D. in physical chemistry.

Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.

I don't want to be the mayor of New Jersey.

I believe in science. We're going to bring back science to the state of Wisconsin.

I think politics is definitely something that I've always thought about as a career.

No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?

I've always thought Anne-Marie Slaughter would make a fantastic United States Senator or something. She's a real intellectual, but she's got enormous communicative skills and she's got government experience. The thing that drives me slightly crazy is the way we think about intellectuals as wooly, hopeless, arrogant, self-deceived, incapable.

The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature.

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

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.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.