Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1432
AUTHOR:
Author unknown
QUOTATION:
Until youve been in politics youve never really been alive its rough and sometimes its dirty and its always hard work and tedious details But, its the only sport for grownupsall other games are for kids. Heinlein
ATTRIBUTION:
Author unknown. Framed saying on the mantel of Senator John C. Culvers private office, 1978.Elizabeth Drew, A Reporter at Large (Senator John C. Culverpart I), The New Yorker, September 11, 1978, p. 60. Disclaimed by Robert A. Heinlein, noted science-fiction author.