“It seems the more shallow and mean the candidates are the more they ri...” — Paul F. Tompkins Quote

It seems the more shallow and mean the candidates are the more they rise in the polls.

Just because I have a good vocabulary, I don't think of myself as anachronistic - just because I try not to use the word 'like' every other word.

I think you can make jokes about anything. But you have to accept that there will be people who don't like it. And they are completely within their rights, just as you are completely within your rights to say whatever you want to say. They're within their rights to react how they're going to react.

I have Peter O'Toole's autograph on a first-edition copy of his autobiography that I acquired under false pretenses.

And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates' philosophy, and I think it's a different time and a different generation.

Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.

If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm.

Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture.