Whether it’s their Sharia law and birther conspiracies or their unwillingness to buck Grover Norquist’s no-tax pledge, the Tea Partiers have hijacked their party and carried it all the way to the right. – Jennifer Granholm
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. – Henry James
Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness. – Jonathan Haidt
With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party. – John Delaney
I would give anything to sit down with my maternal grandmother and have a cup of tea and play Scrabble. She died 10 years ago. – Julia Stiles
Leh has few of what Europeans regard as travelling necessaries. The brick tea which I purchased from a Lhassa trader was disgusting. I afterwards understood that blood is used in making up the blocks. The flour was gritty, and a leg of mutton turned out to be a limb of a goat of much experience. – Isabella Bird
I can’t really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government. – Jimmy Carter
When someone comes to visit me, they have to bring tea – you can’t stay in my house if you don’t bring me tea. – Ashley Madekwe
I don’t play roles everybody likes. I’d rather have a career I’m proud of. Like everyone else, I need to eat. But I’m a very unbusinesslike person, and I keep my price low. I’m not a mass product. I’m not everyone’s cup of tea. – Amanda Plummer
There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel. – Adam Hasner
In America today, unfortunately, the right wing has been totally commandeered by the Tea Party, and it’s a bad thing for our party. – Jon Huntsman, Sr.
The Tea Party people are ideologues. They are right, and no one can change their minds. There is no reason for compromise. – Chuck Schumer
Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It’s an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other. – Ann Beattie
I think that if we get back to some basic fundamental principles, we can make sure that we resolve the issues. And I think that that’s what the Tea Party was all about. It’s getting back to a constitutional conservative government. And that is limited, but it’s also effective and efficient. I think that that’s what we’ll be able to do. – Allen West
You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper. – Arthur Golden
I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It’s called Silver Needle. It’s unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web. – Antonio Banderas
The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not? – Bill O’Reilly
I have a Viking stove. The color is butter lemon, and I had to wait several months for it, because that color wasn’t available and I really wanted butter lemon! But I don’t know that it’s seriously ever been cooked on. I mean, I make tea every morning. Does that count? – Andy Cohen
President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and Obamacare. Both are massively unpopular. The stimulus package launched the Tea Party movement. Obamacare led to the Republican wipeout of 2010. – Ben Shapiro
I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent. – Christiane Amanpour
I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I’m a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population. – Brad Carson
If Republicans triumph in 2014, it will undoubtedly be as a result of Obamacare. In 2010, Republicans soared to historic victory because the much-maligned Tea Party spearheaded mass resistance to Obama’s takeover of the healthcare industry. – Ben Shapiro