Washington Quotes · Page 7

I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.

— John Engler

Washington, D.C., had never seen my style of politics.

— Marion Barry

Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA.

— Jack Valenti

The truth is, I'm not going to Washington alone. I'm bringing Boston with me.

— Marty Walsh

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

— Dylan Thomas

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.

— Ben Nelson

There were 900 books on Washington when I began writing on him.

— Ron Chernow

To change Washington, you need to change the women's player list.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

At the end of the day, Obamacare is bad for America. Washington, D.C., exempted themselves. U.S. senators still do not have to…

— Tim Huelskamp

I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs…

— Tom Glazer

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting…

— Maureen Dowd

Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

— George P. Bush

It is true what is said in Washington - 'No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to catch up.'

— Louie Gohmert

For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.

— Elliott Abrams

Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country.

— Tom Douglas

The travel that I've spent around the country, I always come back with ideas for L.A. and vice versa: My experiences in…

— Eric Garcetti

Had a dog. I had many. I grew up in rural Washington before I moved to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and…

— Justin Kirk

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system…

— Esther Dyson

No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than…

— John Kline

If the President says, oh, Washington's got to change, and people are doubting whether my change can really happen, I think instead…

— Eric Cantor

Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But…

— Chadwick Boseman

Summer in Seattle allows me to indulge in some of the region's top culinary delights - I'm talking about wild king salmon…

— Tom Douglas

Washington doesn't have just a spending problem, or just an entitlement problem, or just a taxing problem. We have a leadership problem.…

— Mark McKinnon

In Washington, we need to pass a clean DREAM Act.

— Ayanna Pressley

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

— Frank Rich

George Washington had a tough second term.

— William Safire

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.

— Alice Roosevelt Longworth

I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.

— Jonathan Banks

Washington is awash in post-war testosterone.

— Patricia Schroeder

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.

— Mark Leibovich

If Washington were a factory, it would manufacture spending.

— Kevin Brady

In my entire time in Washington, I treated everyone with respect, with civility.

— Ted Cruz

Washington has never seen anything like President Donald Trump.

— Kellyanne Conway

Don’t worry about your future, Washington will take care of everything for you.

— Anonymous

Washington's Alfalfa Club dinner is a populist's nightmare.

— Tina Brown

I'd rather live in Nebraska than Washington.

— Dave Heineman

Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in Washington.

— William Weld

Washington would be much better off if it looked more like a state legislature.

— Kathy Szeliga

“Washington is the only lunatic asylum in the world run by its own inmates.”

— W. Lee O'Daniel