We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true … - Larry Sabato

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I did feel when my mother died if anyone was going to haunt me it would be her. And she hasn't, so I think it is possibly the end.

Larry Sabato

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.

Believe, Live, Live In The Moment, Moment, Today

Same Author Quotes

Every election is determined by the people who show up.

People, Determined, Election

Politics is a good thing!

Good, Good Things, Politics, Thing

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

Rights, Design, Sound, Archaic, Affect, Change

The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.

Government, Healthcare, Iraq, Offering, Politics, Situational

A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and re-group. In American history, when a faction in the majority party decides the party is tired and could benefit from some time in the wilderness, the voters usually oblige. Most recently, the latest issue of Washington Monthly includes a cover story [link] featuring seven such articles from prominent Republican strategists, insiders and commentators.

American, Benefit, Party, Taken, Tired, Washington

Similar Quotes

Edward Snowden

Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybody's phone calls and the [Government Communications Headquarters] was monitoring lawyers and journalists, people raised eyebrows and called you a conspiracy theorist. Those days are over.

2013, Communication, Government, Monitoring, Phone, Phones

S. I. Hayakawa

Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.

Education, Teacher, Teaching, Takes, Learning, Under

Klaus Teuber

When a sculptor creates a sculpture, a writer writes a novel, or a painter paints a motif on a canvas, he needs talent and expertise. But to be successful in his endeavor, he also needs to have the passionate feeling that he wants, at all costs, to create a work of art which, in his head, constantly demands to be accomplished. The same also applies to developing board games or card games.

Art, Creates, Developing, Passionate, Successful, Writing

Kate Atkinson

I did feel when my mother died if anyone was going to haunt me it would be her. And she hasn't, so I think it is possibly the end.

Haunt, Mother, Possibly, Thinking, Would Be

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Now let the matter rest as it is, or as it may be, what avail useless speculations? What is to occur we do not know; still in so far we do! what God wills!

Let, Matter, May, Useless