Zingers should glow with intelligence as well as drip with contempt. — Maureen Dowd Contempt Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write. — Maureen Dowd Actually Copy Share Image
Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention. — Maureen Dowd Annoying Copy Share Image
When you go into a fight saying you're probably going to lose, you're probably going to lose. — Maureen Dowd Fight Copy Share Image
It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them. — Maureen Dowd Fear Copy Share Image
Don't write anything down, but save everything that anyone else writes down. — Maureen Dowd Save Copy Share Image
Women are affected by lunar tides only once a month; men have raging hormones every day. — Maureen Dowd Every day Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles. — Maureen Dowd Afghanistan Copy Share Image
“Women fear that men will have their way and then slither away. Men fear that women will come back and boil their… — Maureen Dowd Fear Copy Share Image
If Americans are worried about money in politics, there is no larger concern than the Clintons, who are cosseted in a world… — Maureen Dowd About Copy Share Image
The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person… — Maureen Dowd Attention Copy Share Image
The C.E.O. of Google doesn't look like a Dick Cheney World Domination sort whom we should worry about as Google ogles our… — Maureen Dowd About Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not… — Maureen Dowd Agreement Copy Share Image
And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are… — Maureen Dowd Bankers Copy Share Image
“American women are evolving backward--becoming more focused on their looks than ever. Feminism has been defeated by narcissism.” — Maureen Dowd American women Copy Share Image
“Instead of broadening the choices of how to look good, we have only broadened the ways we try to look alike. Women… — Maureen Dowd Face Body Copy Share Image
When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on… — Maureen Dowd Agree Copy Share Image
I think even the Hollywood money people are saying they've got to get the party back from the Clinton wing. They can't,… — Maureen Dowd Clinton Copy Share Image
“I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read books and… — Maureen Dowd Books Copy Share Image
IT is an astonishing thing that historians will look back and puzzle over, that in the 21st century, American women were such… — Maureen Dowd 21st century Copy Share Image
The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage.… — Maureen Dowd Appreciate Copy Share Image
Since Hillary Clinton is the first time we've had a woman who was a serious contender for president, it's been an adjustment… — Maureen Dowd Choices Copy Share Image
The Mormons even baptized Anne Frank. It took Ernest Michel, then chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, three years… — Maureen Dowd Agree Copy Share Image
I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version… — Maureen Dowd Annoyed Copy Share Image
“McChrystal's defenders at the Pentagon were making the case Tuesday that the president and his men—(the McChrystal snipers spared Hillary)—must put aside… — Maureen Dowd 2010 Copy Share Image
Obama also allowed Hillary supporters to insert an absurd statement into the platform suggesting that media sexism spurred her loss and that… — Maureen Dowd Absurd Copy Share Image
Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended… — Maureen Dowd Accepted Copy Share Image
“McChrystal never should have been hired for this job given the outrageous cover-up he participated in after the friendly fire death of… — Maureen Dowd Coverups Copy Share Image
The Mayans were right, as it turns out, when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select… — Maureen Dowd Arrogant Copy Share Image
Yet it's true that looks matter in politics... It is also true that perfecting the outer shell has become an obsession in… — Maureen Dowd Barack Copy Share Image
“Materialism has defeated feminism as well. In a sign of the times, Gloria Steinem was on the picket line when the first… — Maureen Dowd Civil war Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new… — Maureen Dowd Abortion Copy Share Image
As a woman, I know that if I write about another woman, it will be perceived as a catfight. — Maureen Dowd Another Copy Share Image
Obama hates selling. He thinks people should just accept the right thing to do. — Maureen Dowd Accept Copy Share Image
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