Washington Quotes · Page 11

Change very often comes to Washington, not from Washington.

— Tom Perez

Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.

— Barack Obama

The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.

— Penn Jillette

Everything we do is very, very touched by what happens in Washington.

— Bob Latta

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

— Judy Woodruff

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

— Darrell Issa

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

— Harry S Truman

One thing that Washington D.C. does not do well is cut spending.

— Mark Meadows

I hear from everybody, and they say Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense. Were not…

— Joe Donnelly

Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport.

— Joe Barton

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget.

— Susan Brooks

“Washington was a small town run by people who believed that they lived in the center of the universe.”

— Tim Weiner

I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on here in Washington.

— Steve Israel

Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well.

— Vicky Hartzler

Kerry Washington is a mentor to me. She is so strong and smart. She's also so giving and supportive.

— Katie Lowes

We don't spend money properly in Washington, D.C. We jump these massive bills to massive bills.

— Mick Mulvaney

An ideal movie would be, like - to get this to happen, I have to work so much harder - but imagine…

— Donald Faison

Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate…

— Ben Shapiro

America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an…

— Ahmet Ertegun

When I campaign with seniors, it's always, 'Are you a Democrat or Republican?' But when I campaign on college campuses, they ask…

— Aaron Schock

A lot of the people in Northern California and parts of Oregon have decided that we are not on the same page…

— Doug LaMalfa

I'm trying to avail myself of the various technologies to get the message that Washington needs to be cleaned up, that the…

— Jack Abramoff

I was there in Washington in the '90s. It was pretty bad then. It's much worse now [in 2015]. And that vicious…

— Robert Reich

A lot of Washington state is beautiful. You have just tons of mountains, beautiful bodies of water, you have a lot of…

— Joe Harris

Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.

— Peter Roskam

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

— Harry S Truman

To the men in Washington, the world is just a giant Monopoly board.

— Woody Harrelson

You don't get further outside than I do going into Washington, D.C.

— Ron Johnson

Behind the scenes, I'm a kid from Washington just trying to be happy.

— Benson Boone

I think it's the entire Washington establishment that is against Trump.

— Rush Limbaugh

Washington is filled with people making other people's arguments for money.

— Jon Lovett

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

— Barack Obama

I lived in Washington from when I was born to when I was 5.

— Alison Sudol

I actually walk through Washington Square Park a lot.

— H. Jon Benjamin

Washington treats Social Security like a Ponzi scheme.

— Ron Johnson

I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.

— Bob McDonnell

It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington.

— Rod Lurie

I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.

— Bob Hope

Washington is not the engine of the economy.

— Howard Lutnick

The career politicians down in Washington don't want to be held accountable.

— Joe Sestak