#pol

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right. ↗

#getting #off #one thing #people #politics

The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake. ↗

— Nate Silver

#hampshire #instance #miss #mistake #new

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#enclose #equal #equal right #formations #great

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#impersonal #integration #into #life #metropolitan

The only true source of politeness is consideration. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#only #politeness #source #true

The driver got out smiling. He looked about seventeen or eighteen, and for a second, I had the uneasy feeling it was Luke, my old enemy. This guy had the same sandy hair and outdoorsy good looks. But it wasn't Luke. His smile was brighter and more playful. (Luke didn't do much more than scowl and sneer these days.) The Maserati driver wore jeans and loafers and a sleeveless T-shirt. "Wow" Thalia muttered. Apollo Is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I meant. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#funny #hot #humor #percy-jackson #funny

The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom. ↗

— Julian Lincoln Simon

#economic freedom #freedom #lack #many #people

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. ↗

— William E. Simon

#bad #good #good people #people #politicians

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production. ↗

— Hannah Simone

#degree #degrees #different #had #i

Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state. ↗