Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention. — Maureen Dowd Annoying Copy Share Image
Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful. — Maureen Dowd Beautiful 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
“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
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
When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the… — Maureen Dowd Different Copy Share Image
We are supposed to believe that every dollar given to a Clinton is a dollar that improves the world. But is it?… — Maureen Dowd Advancement Copy Share Image
I strained to remember where I was or even what I was wearing, touching my green corduroy jeans and staring at the… — Maureen Dowd Brick wall Copy Share Image
As blue chips turn into penny stocks, Wall Street seems less like a symbol of America's macho capitalism and more like that… — Maureen Dowd America Copy Share Image
“Romantic googling can be as dangerous as drunk text messaging. Of course hell hath no fury like a woman who Google-bombs her… — Maureen Dowd Hell hath no fury Copy Share Image
I'm into clothes, but in a way that's related to wanting to walk into a film noir movie. You know, I love… — Maureen Dowd Anywhere Copy Share Image
Everybody is continuously connected to everybody else on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram, on Reddit, e-mailing, texting, faster and faster, with the… — Maureen Dowd Cocktail parties Copy Share Image
The Republicans, with their crazed Reagan fixation, are a last-gasp party, living posthumously, fighting battles on sex, race, immigration and public education… — Maureen Dowd Battle 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
President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in… — Maureen Dowd Admiration Copy Share Image
The guilty pleasure I miss most when I'm out slogging on the campaign trail is the chance to sprawl on the chaise… — Maureen Dowd Campaign 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
“We've become a nation of Frankensteins, and our monster is us. With everyone working so hard at altering their facades, we no… — Maureen Dowd Natural selection Copy Share Image
He exists in the public mind as bits and pieces of his characters-Butch Cassidy's charm, Ben Quick's machismo, Cool Hand Luke's defiance,… — Maureen Dowd Bits and pieces Copy Share Image
Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to… — Maureen Dowd Dinner Copy Share Image
The insane have achieved political respectability while the sane act too good for it all. The irrational celebrate while the rational act… — Maureen Dowd Bored 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
“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
“Who knows? If women all end up with the same face and body, men may gravitate toward the quirky. Then the chicks… — Maureen Dowd Chicks 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Zingers should glow with intelligence as well as drip with contempt. — Maureen Dowd Contempt Copy Share Image
Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it… — Maureen Dowd Conservatives Copy Share Image
When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel… — Maureen Dowd Black Copy Share Image
The Republican game is hilariously transparent: if Obama doesn't shift to more muscular postures, he's not a patriot. If he does, he's… — Maureen Dowd Does Copy Share Image
