--- title: "Best Maureen Dowd Sayings" description: "Maureen Brigid Dowd is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author. Browse 96 Maureen Dowd quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maureen-dowd-65702.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maureen-dowd-65702.jpg) # Maureen Dowd (1952) Columnist United States **96** quotes in **803** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Maureen Dowd is a columnist from the United States, best known for *Are Men Necessary?*. ## Quick Facts About Maureen Dowd Born January 14, 1952 Nationality United States Profession Columnist Notable works Are Men Necessary? ## About Maureen Dowd Maureen Brigid Dowd is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author. ## Awards & Honors Pulitzer Prize for Commentary ## Quotes by Maureen Dowd · Page 3 > [It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away the plumiest Cabinet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried-to-a-second-term-by-women/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/maureen-dowd-6927_away_it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried_942656.jpg) > [A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/a-friendship-between-reporter-and-source-lasts-only-until-it-is/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Betray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/maureen-dowd-6927_betray_a-friendship-between-reporter-and-source_1008843.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-republican-game-is-hilariously-transparent-if-obama-doesn-t-shift/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Does](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/does/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/maureen-dowd-6927_does_the-republican-game-is-hilariously-trans_3223156.jpg) > [I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/i-feel-like-i-owe-it-to-the-readers-to-try-to-pull-back-the-veil-and/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Annoyed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/annoyed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/maureen-dowd-6927_annoyed_i-feel-like-i-owe-it-to-the-readers-to-t_1161125.jpg) > [Digital platforms are worthless without content. They're shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they're empty sacks. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/digital-platforms-are-worthless-without-content-they-re-shiny-sacks/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Bells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/maureen-dowd-6927_bells_digital-platforms-are-worthless-without_2490328.jpg) > [ Now that Hillary \[Clinton\] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/now-that-hillary-clinton-has-won-pennsylvania-it-will-take-a-village/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/maureen-dowd-6927_clinton_now-that-hillary-clinton-has-won-pennsyl_379764.jpg) > [Settling is about not embracing what is best for you and accepting what you really don't want. When you settle, you accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/settling-is-about-not-embracing-what-is-best-for-you-and-accepting/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/maureen-dowd-6927_accepting_settling-is-about-not-embracing-what-is_3071529.jpg) > [Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-sees-himself-as-such-a-huge-change-that-he-can-be-cautious/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/maureen-dowd-6927_about_obama-sees-himself-as-such-a-huge-change_1085787.jpg) > [Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/why-can-t-google-which-likes-to-see-itself-as-a-don-t-be-evil/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/maureen-dowd-6927_alive_why-can-t-google-which-likes-to-see-itse_203011.jpg) > [We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/we-are-riveted-by-the-soap-operas-of-public-lives-we-admire-the/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/maureen-dowd-6927_admire_we-are-riveted-by-the-soap-operas-of-pub_1451448.jpg) > [Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/obama-invented-himself-against-all-odds-and-repeated-parental/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Abandonment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandonment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/maureen-dowd-6927_abandonment_obama-invented-himself-against-all-odds_319790.jpg) > [The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-wound-tight-travel-light-obama-has-a-distaste-for-the-adversarial/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/maureen-dowd-6927_about_the-wound-tight-travel-light-obama-has-a_2481470.jpg) > [“So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/so-this-general-with-the-background-in-intelligence-who-is-supposed/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [2010](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-2010-587/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/maureen-dowd-6927_2010_so-this-general-with-the-background-in-i_2535840.jpg) > [ “{My mom\] long ago advised me, when I was feeling blue or self-doubting about men, that the best thing to do was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/my-mom-long-ago-advised-me-when-i-was-feeling-blue-or-self-doubting/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Feeling blue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feeling-blue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/maureen-dowd-6927_feeling-blue_my-mom-long-ago-advised-me-when-i-was-fe_894609.jpg) > [“Women can stand on the Empire State Building and scream to the heavens that they are equal to men and liberated, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/women-can-stand-on-the-empire-state-building-and-scream-to-the/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Empire state](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empire-state/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/maureen-dowd-6927_empire-state_women-can-stand-on-the-empire-state-buil_2515277.jpg) > [The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/the-clintons-want-to-do-big-worthy-things-but-they-also-want-to/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/maureen-dowd-6927_bigs_the-clintons-want-to-do-big-worthy-thing_1295500.jpg) ## Maureen Dowd by topic [Trump (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/maureen-dowd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/#itemlist", "name": "Maureen Dowd Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away the plumiest Cabinet and White House jobs to white dudes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maureen Dowd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried-to-a-second-term-by-women/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/maureen-dowd-6927_away_it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried_942656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/maureen-dowd-6927_away_it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried_942656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/maureen-dowd-6927_away_it-s-passing-strange-that-obama-carried_942656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away…” — Maureen Dowd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maureen Dowd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/a-friendship-between-reporter-and-source-lasts-only-until-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/maureen-dowd-6927_betray_a-friendship-between-reporter-and-source_1008843.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/maureen-dowd-6927_betray_a-friendship-between-reporter-and-source_1008843.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/maureen-dowd-6927_betray_a-friendship-between-reporter-and-source_1008843.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other.” — Maureen Dowd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Republican game is hilariously transparent: if Obama doesn't shift to more muscular postures, he's not a patriot. 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We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures us that they are not better and no happier than all the people with their noses pressed hard against the glass.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maureen Dowd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/we-are-riveted-by-the-soap-operas-of-public-lives-we-admire-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/maureen-dowd-6927_admire_we-are-riveted-by-the-soap-operas-of-pub_1451448.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/maureen-dowd-6927_admire_we-are-riveted-by-the-soap-operas-of-pub_1451448.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/maureen-dowd-6927_admire_we-are-riveted-by-the-soap-operas-of-pub_1451448.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. 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