Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

Quote by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched...

I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched...

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan I know he's going to vote against me

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan I know he's going to vote against me

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real...

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite...

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so....

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so....

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.