When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting pulled up… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that's… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
“Who knows? If women all end up with the same face and body, men may gravitate toward the quirky. Then the chicks with the… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
“Materialism has defeated feminism as well. In a sign of the times, Gloria Steinem was on the picket line when the first American DeBeers… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
“Romantic googling can be as dangerous as drunk text messaging. Of course hell hath no fury like a woman who Google-bombs her old flames… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended Mr. Clinton… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
Now that Hillary [Clinton] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his rival. Certainly… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share
