Washington Quotes · Page 13

Just because you have checks in the checkbook doesn't mean that you have money in the bank, and Washington has failed to…

— Mike Bouchard

In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.

— Jason Kander

There are jerks all over Washington. Life is short; being a jerk is just unnecessary.

— Mona Sutphen

Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company.

— Pearl Cleage

I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978,…

— Ira Glass

Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed…

— Michael Bennet

The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.

— Jim DeMint

It's kind of the Washington, D.C., chattering class. They kind of talk amongst themselves.

— George W. Bush

I've been acting since second grade, and I just remember when I first moved to New York and I was living in…

— Anna Camp

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

This is a choice, ladies and gentleman, between Texas and Washington. Most of Ted Cruz's money comes from Washington, from outside the…

— David Dewhurst

The Republicans here in Concord and down in Washington D.C. would have us believe that the War on Women is a phony…

— Ann McLane Kuster

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 went to see President Nixon at the White House. It wasn't difficult to get a meeting because I was heavyweight champion…

— Joe Frazier

I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't…

— Kyle MacLachlan

Bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., shouldn't know how to better educate my kids than I do.

— Matthew Whitaker

We all know there are problems with Obamacare, and Washington's implementation of it has been abysmal. But rejecting Medicaid won't fix any…

— Jay Nixon

Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.

— Phil Bredesen

People oftentimes refer to me as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' So, I'm Mr. Johnson. I'm a complete outsider.

— Ron Johnson

In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart - you must be evil.

— Steve Southerland

The Washington Redskin fan base represents honor, represents respect, represents pride.

— Daniel Snyder

It is my belief there is too much concentration of power and spending in Washington.

— Jeff Fortenberry

One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.

— Katharine Graham

I grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. I attended the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1978 to 1984.

— Christine Blasey Ford

Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just…

— Tom Rath

There is an extraordinary degree of amity among Washington poets. They hang together. You would be hard pressed to find that in…

— Maxine Kumin

The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.

— Barack Obama

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

— Elliott Abrams

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

— Louie Gohmert

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

— Tom Douglas

Anyone who knows me knows that I don't know anything about politics. Every time I go to Washington, I feel like I'm…

— Jason Wu

“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

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

You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

— George W. Bush

The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting.

— Steven Holl

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

— George P. Bush

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