We're interested in complex characters and he's a complex character, [J. Edgar] Hoover. I like these types of dramas. I've made a… — Brian Grazer Copy Share Image
Furthermore, and a point I really want to make very strongly, is that this is the first Administration since Herbert Hoover not… — Paul Sarbanes Copy Share Image
I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and… — Tim Lee Copy Share Image
It has long been my boast that I can read or eat anything. But unfortunately, although I eat like a Hoover, I… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
If Congress is going to investigate baseball players about whether or not they told the truth, how can we justify giving the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I was covered in scars from the beatings, and she used to say it was a hockey... She'd apologize. She was on… — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
There was one moment when J. Edgar Hoover and us had the same distorted lens about who we were - "a real… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“Hoover’s attention to the case had waxed and waned over the years, but he had become so agitated about the growing criticism… — David Grann Copy Share Image
What I find so interesting is, Herbert Hoover in August 1928 said no country in the world was closer to abolishing poverty… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of… — Tim Johnson Copy Share Image
There's something really specific about being a Hoover and the pejorative term that was multigenerationally tethered to economic hard times, misery and… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I’d be standing… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
In 1932, lame duck president Herbert Hoover was so desperate to remain in the White House that he dressed up as Eleanor… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Angela Davis's legacy as a freedom fighter made her an enemy of the state under the increasingly neoliberal regimes of Nixon, Reagan… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Anslinger's reefer madness did not caution even the seeds of efficient, intelligent, ruthless action ... The same goes for Hoover, sniveling Nixon,… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
They [FBI] had a lot of clippings, a lot of articles I'd written. And to me the - the funniest one was… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“Frankly, I'm guessing that before getting to my house today, Shoshanna had thought the Hoover Dam was some kind of vacuum cleaner… — Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Copy Share Image
So this bloke says to me, "Can I come in your house and talk about your carpets?" I thought "That's all I… — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We were young. We were bored. And the old electroshock therapy machine was just under the stairs in a box next to… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover. — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to the government. His idea caught on, and now we're all doing it. — Sam Ewing Copy Share Image
Bush and Inhofe will go down in history with other leaders such as Herbert Hoover and Neville Chamberlain who were blind to… — Joseph J. Romm Copy Share Image
The ideas embodied in the New Deal Legislation were a compilation of those which had come to maturity under Herbert Hoover’s aegis.… — Rexford Tugwell Copy Share Image
There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
J. Edgar Hoover: When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from past is doomed.… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
J. Edgar Hoover very famously denied the existence of organized crime up until the Appalachian Meeting, I think, in 1957. It was… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Also, with information having just come out at the time about J. Edgar Hoover's electronic surveillance of Dr. King, it gave greater… — Louis Stokes Copy Share Image
I had not been very kind to J. Edgar Hoover. And the field agent had written on - it was sent directly… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
![“We're interested in complex characters and he's a complex character, [J. Edgar] Hoover. I like these types of dramas. I've made a few of them and I'm also interested in power structures so it just has elements that fascinate me, and the more you learn about Hoover, the more polarizing you realize…” quote by Brian Grazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/981/brian-grazer-10816_character_we-re-interested-in-complex-characters-a_837343.jpg)
![“I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one morning in a world where the 21st century's J Edgar Hoover has the power to blackmail anyone in America.” quote by Tim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/50e/tim-lee-91513_21st-century_i-would-far-rather-over-estimate-the-thr_1135878.jpg)
![“If Congress is going to investigate baseball players about whether or not they told the truth, how can we justify giving the most powerful intelligence official, [James] Clapper, a pass? This is how J. Edgar Hoover ended up in charge of the FBI forever.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/544/edward-snowden-555_ball-player_if-congress-is-going-to-investigate-base_388233.jpg)
![“They [FBI] had a lot of clippings, a lot of articles I'd written. And to me the - the funniest one was - I had done a piece for Playboy about J. Edgar Hoover.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fdc/nat-hentoff-1615_articles_they-fbi-had-a-lot-of-clippings-a-lot-of_1036896.jpg)
![“There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the head of a studio or the head of an organization, a major newspaper, a major factory or company, of people who stay too long, maybe, and overstay their usefulness.” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9b7/clint-eastwood-513_business_there-are-so-many-parallels-in-society-t_2526691.jpg)
