“{My mom] long ago advised me, when I was feeling blue or self-doubting about men, that the best thing to do was… — Maureen Dowd Feeling blue Copy Share Image
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans. — Maureen Dowd Cost Copy Share Image
It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away the plumiest Cabinet… — Maureen Dowd Away Copy Share Image
A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other. — Maureen Dowd Betray Copy Share Image
[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history. — Maureen Dowd Firsts 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
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always… — Maureen Dowd Enjoy 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 sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize… — Maureen Dowd About Copy Share Image
Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk. — Maureen Dowd Doom 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
Just because digital technology makes connecting possible doesn't mean you're actually reaching people. — Maureen Dowd Connecting Copy Share Image
Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention. — Maureen Dowd Annoying 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
Don't write anything down, but save everything that anyone else writes down. — Maureen Dowd Writing 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 minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. — Maureen Dowd Acceptance 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
The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on… — Maureen Dowd Bigs 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
“Instead of broadening the choices of how to look good, we have only broadened the ways we try to look alike. Women… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Eric Schmidt looks innocent enough, with his watercolor blue eyes and his tiny office full of toys and his Google campus stocked… — Maureen Dowd Bears Copy Share Image
We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures… — Maureen Dowd Admire 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
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