Elizabeth Marvel Quotes

At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

Even to this day, I rarely read any articles on myself. I won't watch anything on television on myself.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.

Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates.

You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night.

What I've certainly learned is that whenever I've said anything about real politics, I've come under attack. So it's best simply to play politics on television.

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.

Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner.

The margin of error when working on the White House staff is zero. Any mistake you make will wind up on the front page of the Washington Post.

The First Law of Politics: Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.

Another important consideration is the great mischief of unintermitted electioneering. When the highest dignity in the State is to be conferred by popular election once in every few years, the whole intervening time is spent in what is virtually a canvass. President, ministers, chiefs of parties, and their followers, are all electioneerers: the whole community is kept intent on the mere personalities of politics, and every public question is discussed and decided with less reference to its merits than to its expected bearing on the presidential election.

The most successful political candidates will be those who can tap American anger without becoming a target.

If you’re going to be in national politics you have to maintain a thick skin.

We don't have to do what candidates do—talk about huge issues for 30 seconds in a field somewhere trying to make sure that cows do no urinate on our shoes.

Nixon is the last candidate who couldn’t make it on the Johnny Carson Show who could make it in an election.

I'm used to having big movie cameras in my face; I pretend that they're not there.

You know that being a public figure is instantly grounds for prosecution.

I did not want to be a source of diversion from the Mondale-Ferraro ticket. It appears no matter what I did or tried to do, that would not be the case. I came to the conclusion that it was in the best interest of all to stand aside.

I've never had a scandal, but I don't know if that's so much because I'm perfect, or because people aren't caring enough yet. Give it some time. I'll probably be very upset, but it's a part of the gig.

Politicians don't say no to cameras very often.

Politicians love to beat up on guys that are seen to be public enemies, if you will. That's a great way to get elected.

You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion.

I don't know why someone would be dumb enough to challenge Donald Trump.