Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gore Vidal

I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party of big corporation, the party of money. It has two right wings; one is Democrat and the other is Republican.

Gore Vidal

There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt - until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.

Gore Vidal

What is a political party but a conspiracy?

Gore Vidal

Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back in the 1890s. "We have a single system," he wrote, and "in that system the only question is the price at which the proletariat is to be bought and sold, the bread and circuses."

Gore Vidal

Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and one is called "Democratic." It is the same party so it makes no difference whether a Democrat's elected or a Republican's elected. The ownership remains the same.

Gore Vidal

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.

Gore Vidal

There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.

Giancarlo Esposito

When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.

Harvey Weinstein

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

Griffin Dunne

But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time.

James Bovard

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.

Jalal Talabani

No for the return of Saddam's Baath party. This is against the constitution and those who are negotiating to bring them back are violating the constitution.

Jairam Ramesh

Industrialisation is necessary. But acquisition is by no means the only avenue through which it can be achieved. The Cochin Airport is a prime example of this. Instead of choosing to acquire the land, the State asked the private parties to negotiate with the landowners directly. The State merely acted as an arbitrator.

Jack White

I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could cut my tongue out, or take out the part of my brain that has opinions. Or cares. I wish I could be simple. Be quiet, introverted, or shy. I'm half way in between a wallflower at a party and Elvis Presley. People love one or the other. In between is no place to be.

Jennifer Beals

The L Word reaffirmed that good storytelling has a way of creating community. Fans everywhere have been connecting with each other online, in public and at home-viewing parties.

Jennifer Aniston

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

Jennifer Aniston

Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely.

Glenn Reynolds

[B]ipartisanship means tarring and feathering politicans from both major parties.

Glenn Reynolds

[W]hen you align yourself exclusively with one party, and weaponize yourself in that party's cause, you're going to pay the price when the other party is in power. That's the price you pay for whoring yourself out.

Gerald R. Ford

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.

Jim Cramer

The party line is that stocks historically have outperformed all other investment plans.

Jim Cramer

Historically, it's been wrong to underestimate the Chinese Communist Party's ability to keep growth going in order...

Jim DeMint

I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

Jim DeMint

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

Jim DeMint

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

Jim DeMint

I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.

Jim DeMint

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

Jim DeMint

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

Jim DeMint

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

Jencarlos Canela

When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.

Jenna Elfman

I'm not some big party chick, so it's not like I have to keep up my big social life.

Glenn Danzig

I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the middle and more rational, can't side with. I think that's been the problem

Glenn Danzig

I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media but they don't.