#elect

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights. ↗

— Hu Shih

#chinese #electric #elimination #gas #i

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#across #ask #authorities #beijing #decision

And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that. ↗

— Clare Short

#anyone #anywhere #been #came #constituencies

I suspect I'm the only politician in America who won an election in this last cycle with TV ads saying I was going to try to pass the first single-payer system in America. ↗

— Peter Shumlin

#america #cycle #election #first #going

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#catfish #electric #i #i am #pool

When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer. ↗

— Will Smith

#engineer #father #growing #growing up #i

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#could #electrical #energy #made #means

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#crabgrass #democrats #elected #get #government

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#assassinate #brief #character #death #election

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football. ↗

— Trey Parker

#election #football #i #like #months