Trump has more in common with David Brent than he does with JFK. He is not a politician. He’s an entertainer. He’s a man who is at the moment taking part in the biggest reality show of all time, starring himself. – Ricky Gervais
It’s not something that defines me. I’m not a half-Indian politician or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter. It’s just part of who I am, it doesn’t define me, it is part of my character I suppose. – Leo Varadkar
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. – H. L. Mencken
A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. – H. L. Mencken
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
‘Socialist’ is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters. – Jay McInerney
A Louisiana politician can’t afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department. – A. J. Liebling
I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. – Charlie Chaplin
I’m a member of the Academy, but I don’t know who all the other Academy members are. It’s not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus. – Albert Brooks
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. – Charles de Gaulle
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing. – Ben Okri