#artisan

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius. ↗

— Albert Pike

#almost #artisans #artists #been #genius

Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States. ↗

— Terry Southern

#attention #believe #came #first #got

Last year, I co-sponsored the Highlands Conservation Act and in a bipartisan effort we passed the bill through Congress. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#bill #bipartisan #congress #conservation #effort

Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat of the respectable Beltway variety and he will twist himself into a pretzel denying it. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#answer #any #ask #beltway #both

I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy. ↗

— George Voinovich

#bipartisan #candor #clear #committee #during

The U.S. is by far the biggest exporter of arms in the world. It was true during the Clinton administration, and it's true during the Bush administration. It's bipartisan. ↗

— Andrew Niccol

#arms #biggest #bipartisan #bush #bush administration

But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#consequences #country #disperse #energies #honor

I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#bipartisan #bit #compromise #got #i

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#independence #partisanship #politics #radicalism #iraq

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice. ↗

— Mark Cuban

#choice #country #enemy #ever #gotten