--- title: "Best Dee Dee Myers Sayings" description: "Margaret Jane \"Dee Dee\" Myers is an American political analyst who served as the 19th White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clin..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b081/author-dee-dee-myers-7880.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b081/author-dee-dee-myers-7880.jpg) # Dee Dee Myers (1961) Opinion Journalist **86** quotes in **777** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dee Dee Myers is an opinion journalist, best known for *Why women should rule the world*. ## Quick Facts About Dee Dee Myers Born September 1, 1961 Profession Opinion Journalist Notable works Why women should rule the world ## About Dee Dee Myers Margaret Jane "Dee Dee" Myers is an American political analyst who served as the 19th White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration. She was the first woman and, at the time, the second-youngest person to hold that position. Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The West Wing. She was the inspiration for fictional White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg. She is also the author of the 2008 New York Times best-selling book, Why Women Should Rule the World. In 2020, she joined California Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration as Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. ## Quotes by Dee Dee Myers · Page 3 > [As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/as-long-as-the-g-o-p-led-by-its-increasingly-visible-women-continues/) [Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/) [Away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/dee-dee-myers-7880_away_as-long-as-the-g-o-p-led-by-its-increasi_1807241.jpg) > [I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/i-think-how-pay-gets-determined-is-pretty-broad-experience-how-people/) [Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/) [Ask](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/dee-dee-myers-7880_ask_i-think-how-pay-gets-determined-is-prett_3037576.png) > ['Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/not-again-i-thought-to-myself-this-morning-as-news-trickled-out-that/) [Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/) [Alaska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/dee-dee-myers-7880_alaska_not-again-i-thought-to-myself-this-morni_2953161.png) > [This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/this-is-a-generation-weaned-on-watergate-and-there-is-no-presumption/) [Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/) [Generations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generations/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/dee-dee-myers-7880_generations_this-is-a-generation-weaned-on-watergate_925645.png) > [Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/bill-clinton-sitting-on-air-force-one-getting-his-hair-cut-while/) [Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/dee-dee-myers-7880_air_bill-clinton-sitting-on-air-force-one-ge_480166.png) > [On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/on-the-day-i-started-college-in-1979-no-woman-had-ever-been-on-the/) [Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/) [Anchors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anchors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/dee-dee-myers-7880_anchors_on-the-day-i-started-college-in-1979-no_2744877.png) ## Dee Dee Myers by topic [Trump (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/dee-dee-myers/) [Clinton (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clinton/dee-dee-myers/) [People (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/dee-dee-myers/) [President (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/dee-dee-myers/) [Feminism (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/dee-dee-myers/) [Women (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/dee-dee-myers/) [House (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house/dee-dee-myers/) [White house (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/white-house/dee-dee-myers/) [White (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/white/dee-dee-myers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/#itemlist", "name": "Dee Dee Myers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women's failure to understand their own lives and interests, the gender gap won't go away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dee Dee Myers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/as-long-as-the-g-o-p-led-by-its-increasingly-visible-women-continues/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/dee-dee-myers-7880_away_as-long-as-the-g-o-p-led-by-its-increasi_1807241.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/dee-dee-myers-7880_away_as-long-as-the-g-o-p-led-by-its-increasi_1807241.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/dee-dee-myers-7880_away_as-long-as-the-g-o-p-led-by-its-increasi_1807241.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not…” — Dee Dee Myers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. 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