Centrist Quotes

#1. I think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are centrists." Everybody wants to be a centrist.

Robert Reich

#2. I'm getting a little tired of politicians trying to prove how 'moderate' and 'centrist' they are by taking more of my money and freedom. Where's this center - somewhere between Lenin and Stalin?

Ann Coulter

#3. I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

Scott McClellan

#4. The one man more responsible for destroying the Democratic centrist revival, for throwing away the Clinton legacy, and for suicidally pitching his party to the populist left was Al Gore

Andrew Sullivan

#5. Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.

Cornel West

#6. Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

Daniel Dennett

#7. When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.

Edward Brooke

#8. I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.

Brad Bird

#9. The maximalist dreamers of this epoch, the Left Bolshevik (Vpered) group led by the philosopher of proletarian culture, Aleksandr Bogdanov, were effectively defeated by the hardheaded "centrist" Leninists by 1912.

Michael David-Fox

#10. I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist.

Anthony Lewis

#11. I'm a centrist. There is a lot going on socially that I don't like, but I feel that in a democracy you work from the center, not because I like the center - I'm a marginalized person politically - but because the center is where things get done.

Richard Grossman

#12. I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.

Howard Gordon

#13. My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.

Jeffrey Skoll

#14. Historically, the pull towards the center in European politics has been incredibly powerful. From Italy to Germany, it has been almost impossible for non-centrist forces to obtain real influence.

Jens Nordvig

#15. I am not a centrist.

Bella Abzug

#16. I'm getting nervous to be called a centrist. Breaking out in a rash.

Jeb Bush

#17. My politics are very centrist and sometimes, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, lean to the right.

Peter Landesman

#18. By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

Jonathan Haidt

#19. I'm a moderate and a centrist. That means I get flak from both sides. The upside is that I can vote for either party whenever I feel like it without any sense of obligation or betrayal.

Michael Totten

#20. My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

Chris Matthews

#21. Most centrist Democrats ... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy.

Tom Hayden

#22. Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.

David K. Shipler

#23. For most of my life, I've considered myself a political centrist.

Mark McKinnon

#24. I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

Bob Graham

#25. I don't care if my opinion falls on the right or the left. I'm more of what I call a passionate centrist. I just believe what I believe. I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.

Larry Wilmore

#26. Whenever perfection becomes the goal, it becomes the enemy of progress.

Amy Pendergrass

#27. Your steps will take you where you want them to take you. There is no such thing as unwanted detour.

Irina Serban

#28. Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

Katharine Cornell

#29. You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society.

Frans De Waal

#30. Corporations are the new dictators.

Gabriel Byrne

#31. Well, if you're talking about perfection, I'll show you the image of my backside.

Onew

#32. Everything a brand does is advertising.

Lee Clow

#33. Ernest [Hemmingway] was always ready to lend a helping hand to the one on the rung above him.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#34. The enigma of cinema is gone because of the focus on business. As soon as you attach numbers to a film, you limit it. Films are meant to be an escape from reality.

Shahrukh Khan

#35. As a writer, you're the guy in the box. You're creating and you have these euphorias.

Paul T. Scheuring

#36. I asked Anne to make me a dress that looked innocent, which made her eyebrows pucker.
"You make it sound like we've been sending you out in lingerie," she said mockingly.

Kiera Cass

#37. I've learned that it's fine to have expectations, and dreams are wonderful, but once in a while, it would be good to have something come my way without having to fight for it.

Adriana Trigiani

#38. Once described by Eccentrica Gallumbits as the Best Bang since the Big One,

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