“Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches, and getting involved in it only leads to misery and dissatisfaction.”

Source: Saturn's Children (2008), Chapter 9, “Coin-Operated Boy” (p. 157)

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British science fiction writer and blogger 1964

Valerie Solanas book SCUM Manifesto

Source: SCUM MANIFESTO (1967), p. 5 (hyphen (not en- or em-dash) so in original).

“It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But business also corrupts and undermines monolithic totalitarianism. Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment.”

Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher

"Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely'", The New York Times Magazine (April 25, 1971), p. 50.

“Tennis is only a sport, and we don’t intend to get involved in politics.”

Peng Shuai (1986) Chinese female tennis player (1986-)

Source: "Cross-strait tennis partners 'forced' to talk politics" in South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1278632/cross-strait-tennis-partners-forced-talk-politics (9 July 2013)

“A parents' dissatisfaction causes poverty and leads to humiliation.”

Ali al-Hadi (829–868) imam

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 303.
Religious Wisdom

“When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.”

Paulo Coelho book Aleph

Source: Aleph

“Factors involved in producing job satisfaction were separate and distinct from the factors that led to job dissatisfaction.”

Frederick Herzberg (1923–2000) American psychologist

Source: Work and the nature of man, 1966, p. 75-76

“And the talking leads to touching
And the touching leads to sex
And then there is no mystery left”

Jenny Lewis (1976) American actor, singer-songwriter

"Portions for Foxes"
Song lyrics, More Adventurous (2004)
Context: There's blood in my mouth
Cause I've been biting my tongue all week
I keep on talking trash
But I never say anything
And the talking leads to touching
And the touching leads to sex
And then there is no mystery left

“The job satisfiers deal with the factors involved in doing the job, whereas the job dissatisfiers deal with the factors that define the job context. Poor working conditions, bad company policies and administration, and bad supervision will lead to job dissatisfaction. Good company policies, good administration, good supervision, and good working conditions will not lead to positive job attitudes.”

Frederick Herzberg (1923–2000) American psychologist

Source: The motivation to work, 1959, p. 82

“Ever since I was born I have never been involved in corruption and I will never be corrupt.”

Jacob Zuma (1942) 4th President of South Africa

From the steps of the Johannesburg Public Library after his rape acquittal on 8 May 2006, Manto: Media sensationalised Zuma's shower statement http://mg.co.za/article/2006-05-11-manto-media-sensationalised-zumas-shower-statement, M&G, 11 May 2006

“The Obama administration's agenda of maximizing dependency involves political favoritism cloaked in the raiment of "economic planning" and "social justice" that somehow produce results superior to what markets produce when freedom allows merit to manifest itself, and incompetence to fail. The administration's central activity – the political allocation of wealth and opportunity – is not merely susceptible to corruption, it is corruption.””

George Will (1941) American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author

Column, May 14, 2009, "Tincture of Lawlessness" http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/14/tincture_of_lawlessness_96482.html at realclearpolitics.com. <br class="br">2000s

“Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches, and getting involved in it only leads to misery and dissatisfaction.”

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