--- title: "22 Trump Quotes By Maureen Dowd" description: "22 Trump quotes by Maureen Dowd. Plus more from Maureen Dowd and more Trump sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/maureen-dowd-6927_accept_obama-hates-selling-he-thinks-people-sho_479850.jpg" --- > [Obama hates selling. He thinks people should just accept the right thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-hates-selling-he-thinks-people-should-just-accept-the-right/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/maureen-dowd-6927_accept_obama-hates-selling-he-thinks-people-sho_479850.jpg) > [Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/maybe-obama-was-not-even-the-person-he-was-waiting-for/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/maureen-dowd-6927_even_maybe-obama-was-not-even-the-person-he-w_2688243.jpg) > [I think even the Hollywood money people are saying they've got to get the party back from the Clinton wing. They can't,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/i-think-even-the-hollywood-money-people-are-saying-they-ve-got-to-get/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/maureen-dowd-6927_clinton_i-think-even-the-hollywood-money-people_1781954.jpg) > [Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/washington-is-a-place-where-people-have-always-been-suspect-of-style/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/maureen-dowd-6927_agreement_washington-is-a-place-where-people-have_2549933.jpg) > [If Americans are worried about money in politics, there is no larger concern than the Clintons, who are cosseted in a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/if-americans-are-worried-about-money-in-politics-there-is-no-larger/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/maureen-dowd-6927_about_if-americans-are-worried-about-money-in_1854675.jpg) > [Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/reagan-didn-t-socialize-with-the-press-he-spent-his-evenings-with/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/maureen-dowd-6927_dinner_reagan-didn-t-socialize-with-the-press-h_631600.jpg) > [I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/i-think-hillary-clinton-s-a-very-clever-politician-but-she-would-be/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/maureen-dowd-6927_clever_i-think-hillary-clinton-s-a-very-clever_2524496.jpg) > [President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/president-obama-thinks-he-can-use-emotion-to-bring-pressure-on/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/maureen-dowd-6927_adult_president-obama-thinks-he-can-use-emotio_339142.jpg) > [It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away the plumiest Cabinet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried-to-a-second-term-by-women/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/maureen-dowd-6927_away_it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried_942656.jpg) > [The Republican game is hilariously transparent: if Obama doesn't shift to more muscular postures, he's not a patriot. If he does, he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-republican-game-is-hilariously-transparent-if-obama-doesn-t-shift/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/maureen-dowd-6927_does_the-republican-game-is-hilariously-trans_3223156.jpg) > [When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/when-i-started-as-a-white-house-correspondent-there-was-a-lot-of/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/maureen-dowd-6927_agree_when-i-started-as-a-white-house-correspo_1856717.jpg) > [The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-obamas-especially-michelle-have-radiated-the-sense-that-americans/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/maureen-dowd-6927_appreciate_the-obamas-especially-michelle-have-radi_3060137.jpg) > [Since Hillary Clinton is the first time we've had a woman who was a serious contender for president, it's been an adjustment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/since-hillary-clinton-is-the-first-time-we-ve-had-a-woman-who-was-a/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/maureen-dowd-6927_choices_since-hillary-clinton-is-the-first-time_503471.jpg) > [The Republicans, with their crazed Reagan fixation, are a last-gasp party, living posthumously, fighting battles on sex, race, immigration and public education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-republicans-with-their-crazed-reagan-fixation-are-a-last-gasp/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/maureen-dowd-6927_battle_the-republicans-with-their-crazed-reagan_677592.jpg) > [ Now that Hillary \[Clinton\] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/now-that-hillary-clinton-has-won-pennsylvania-it-will-take-a-village/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/maureen-dowd-6927_clinton_now-that-hillary-clinton-has-won-pennsyl_379764.jpg) > [Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-sees-himself-as-such-a-huge-change-that-he-can-be-cautious/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/maureen-dowd-6927_about_obama-sees-himself-as-such-a-huge-change_1085787.jpg) > [Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-invented-himself-against-all-odds-and-repeated-parental/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/maureen-dowd-6927_abandonment_obama-invented-himself-against-all-odds_319790.jpg) > [The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-wound-tight-travel-light-obama-has-a-distaste-for-the-adversarial/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/maureen-dowd-6927_about_the-wound-tight-travel-light-obama-has-a_2481470.jpg) > [Obama also allowed Hillary supporters to insert an absurd statement into the platform suggesting that media sexism spurred her loss and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-also-allowed-hillary-supporters-to-insert-an-absurd-statement/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/maureen-dowd-6927_absurd_obama-also-allowed-hillary-supporters-to_1138899.jpg) > [Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/paul-ryan-who-teamed-up-with-akin-in-the-house-to-sponsor-harsh-anti/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/maureen-dowd-6927_abortion_paul-ryan-who-teamed-up-with-akin-in-the_257234.jpg) > [The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-clintons-want-to-do-big-worthy-things-but-they-also-want-to/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/maureen-dowd-6927_bigs_the-clintons-want-to-do-big-worthy-thing_1295500.jpg) > [Yet it's true that looks matter in politics... It is also true that perfecting the outer shell has become an obsession in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/yet-it-s-true-that-looks-matter-in-politics-it-is-also-true-that/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/maureen-dowd-6927_barack_yet-it-s-true-that-looks-matter-in-polit_2799050.jpg) ## Other authors on Trump ## More by Maureen Dowd > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/if-there-s-one-thing-white-men-have-never-had-a-problem-with-in-this/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/when-you-re-young-and-even-at-times-when-you-re-older-it-s-hard-to/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [“Who knows? If women all end up with the same face and body, men may gravitate toward the quirky. Then the chicks with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/who-knows-if-women-all-end-up-with-the-same-face-and-body-men-may/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/why-can-t-google-which-likes-to-see-itself-as-a-don-t-be-evil/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [“Materialism has defeated feminism as well. In a sign of the times, Gloria Steinem was on the picket line when the first American DeBeers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/materialism-has-defeated-feminism-as-well-in-a-sign-of-the-times/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/romantic-googling-can-be-as-dangerous-as-drunk-text-messaging-of/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/paul-ryan-who-teamed-up-with-akin-in-the-house-to-sponsor-harsh-anti/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-invented-himself-against-all-odds-and-repeated-parental/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended Mr. Clinton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/feminism-died-in-1998-when-hillary-allowed-henchlings-and-democrats/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/president-obama-thinks-he-can-use-emotion-to-bring-pressure-on/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [ Now that Hillary \[Clinton\] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his rival. Certainly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/now-that-hillary-clinton-has-won-pennsylvania-it-will-take-a-village/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/i-don-t-understand-men-i-don-t-even-understand-what-i-don-t/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [Good and evil are not like the Redskins and the Cowboys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/good-and-evil-are-not-like-the-redskins-and-the-cowboys/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/and-as-far-as-doing-god-s-work-i-think-the-bankers-who-took/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) > [It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/it-is-men-s-worst-fear-personally-and-professionally-that-women-will/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/maureen-dowd/#itemlist", "name": "22 Trump Quotes By Maureen Dowd", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obama hates selling. 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