#cian

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #guitar #handgun #make #makes

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#everyone #except #man #politician #sat

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians. ↗

— Barney Frank

#i #i think #much #politicians #think

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. ↗

— Len Deighton

#book #even #intention #politicians #professional

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. ↗

— Len Deighton

#because #called #lot #makes #mexico

I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them. ↗

— Bonnie Raitt

#help #i #i can #i love #just

Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#dig #feet #get #into #listen

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#creates #ear #him #his #i

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#done #get #honest #late #lot

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#left #matter #politicians #serious #too