Frank Luntz Quotes

I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing.

Political criticism is our enemies' best friend.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

If you win all the time, you lose the drama in life. To make the happy moments happy, you need the sad moments too.

I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.

We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point.

For every laugh, there should be a tear.

I think Rafael Benítez was an angry man. He must have been disturbed for some reason. I think you have got to cut through the venom of it and hopefully he'll reflect and understand what he said was absolutely ridiculous.

I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived.

Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years?

Happiness is one pole, sadness is another. Blissfulness is one pole, misery is another. Life consists of both, and life is richer because of both. A life only of blissfulness will have extension, but will not have depth. A life of only sadness will have depth, but will not have extension.

When I saw the president [Barack Obama], I was a little disappointed that, you know, we were under constant attack. We never felt comfortable.

I leave with sadness, but also with pride.

What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness?

We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others.

Politics and life go hand in hand.

The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite of its ministers.

I think [Winston] Churchill said it was " [democracy] the worst of all systems except for all the others." And that's probably true. It's never gone easily.

The calm. If there is God or something Higher for me it is this. The calm. If there is something that will hold me when I need to hold it is this the calm. There is no anger, no rage, no Fury. There is no want, no need, no desire. There is no hatred no shame no regret. There is no grief, no sadness, no depression. There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.

Donald Trump appalls me. I won't be shy about that.

People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced.

Barack and I have been in the public eye for many years now, and we've developed a thick skin along the way. When you're out campaigning, there will always be criticism. I just take it in stride, and at the end of the day, I know that it comes with the territory.

Humor is the mistress of tears.

I'm not really a fan of, like, rock stars, movie stars, people like that. I like politics.