Parties Quotes

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.

And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good.

Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway.

My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.

Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political leaders in both parties have long considered it untouchable, it actually helps those at the top of the income scale far more than those at the bottom.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.

There are still places to go, there are still dinners, there are still parties, and you can still get dressed up. That's part of having fun in fashion.

I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the '50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I've always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with my parents doing it all the time, I'd just copy them. Not very pretty.

It's not just spending, it's not just taxes, it's not just corruption, it is progressivism, and it is in both parties. It is in the Republicans and the Democrats.

I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Every weekend we've been trying to go out of town, to let people know about this album. I've been trying to host parties. It's hard, because it's a lot of work to do both.

Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there.

The older you get, the few slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them?

Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable.

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.

Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.

I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.

The reality is that when three or four networks are at the table with three or four political parties, someone is going to be the victim.