Washington Quotes · Page 8

Obviously, I don't want to play on a different team than Washington.

— Alexander Ovechkin

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.

— Scott McClellan

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

— Barack Obama

If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?

— Jon Voight

The biggest loser in 2016 was Washington, D.C.

— Ben Domenech

I watch Denzel Washington films with subtitles.

— Bojan Krkic

The problem we have right now in Washington is we don't have the face of a leader.

— Rob Reiner

It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term.

— George W. Bush

“Without the pen of Paine , the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.”

— John Adams

The boys have been running Washington for a long-ass time. We're talking 200-some-odd years.

— Alison Pill

I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington.

— Lindsey Graham

That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is…

— George W. Bush

Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'

— Kara Swisher

We need to make people understand that there is a definite connection between what happens in their everyday lives and the decisions…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

“He began representing the state in Washington two years before its most famous citizen was even born.”

— Anonymous

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

— Claire McCaskill

Far be it for the public schools to teach this, but the U.S.A. was founded on basic Judeo-Christian principles. Don't believe me…

— Bill O'Reilly

Its a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go undisciplined by their colleagues. No wonder people…

— Senator John Kerry

When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount…

— Ezra Klein

Unfortunately, bureaucratic problems at the federal level are causing many other small Washington companies to be denied federal funding that would help…

— Jay Inslee

I think a lot of times there is a tendency in Washington to make rules because of something that was adverse or…

— Brad Wenstrup

What makes us feel pessimistic about the world, ultimately, is the way the media encourage us to believe that our fate hangs…

— Matt Taibbi

Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby…

— Cokie Roberts

I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up.…

— Barack Obama

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

— Elise Stefanik

Benghazi is important because it demonstrates all that is wrong in Washington.

— Brandon Webb

Anything said three times in Washington becomes a fact.

— Eugene McCarthy

Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst.

— James Weldon Johnson

Washington is not the engine of the economy.

— Howard Lutnick

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

— Bob Hope

Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.

— David Brinkley

Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read about him.

— Parson Weems

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.

— Claire McCaskill

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

— Bob McDonnell

I actually walk through Washington Square Park a lot.

— H. Jon Benjamin

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

— Rush Limbaugh

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

— Benson Boone

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

— Ron Johnson

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

— Woody Harrelson

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

— Barack Obama