Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1432 |
| AUTHOR: | Author unknown |
| QUOTATION: | Until you’ve been in politics you’ve never really been alive it’s rough and sometimes it’s dirty and it’s always hard work and tedious details But, it’s the only sport for grownups—all other games are for kids. —Heinlein |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Author unknown. Framed saying on the mantel of Senator John C. Culver’s private office, 1978.—Elizabeth Drew, “A Reporter at Large (Senator John C. Culver—part I),” The New Yorker, September 11, 1978, p. 60. Disclaimed by Robert A. Heinlein, noted science-fiction author. |
| SUBJECTS: | Politics |