--- title: "26 Mike Lowry Quotes - Famous Politician (The challenge of fetal alcohol syndrome)" description: "Michael Edward Lowry was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Washington from 1993 to 1997. Browse 26 Mike Lowry quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-lowry-68035.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-lowry-68035.jpg) # Mike Lowry (1939–2017) Politician United States **26** quotes in **189** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mike Lowry was a politician from the United States, best known for *The challenge of fetal alcohol syndrome*. ## Quick Facts About Mike Lowry Born March 8, 1939 Died May 1, 2017 Nationality United States Profession Politician Notable works The challenge of fetal alcohol syndrome ## About Mike Lowry Michael Edward Lowry was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Washington from 1993 to 1997. His political career ended when his deputy press secretary, Susanne Albright, made accusations of sexual misconduct against him. A member of the Democratic Party, Lowry served as a United States representative from Washington's 7th congressional district from 1979 to 1989, and unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 1983 and 1988. ## Quotes by Mike Lowry > [You can say that Wayne Coyne sounds like Neil Young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/you-can-say-that-wayne-coyne-sounds-like-neil-young/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/mike-lowry-23461_neil-young_you-can-say-that-wayne-coyne-sounds-like_1687394.png) > [Well lately I have listening to a lot of movie soundtracks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/well-lately-i-have-listening-to-a-lot-of-movie-soundtracks/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/mike-lowry-23461_lately_well-lately-i-have-listening-to-a-lot-of_2759357.png) > [I was way into Primus in high school so hanging out with him was a thrill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/i-was-way-into-primus-in-high-school-so-hanging-out-with-him-was-a/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/mike-lowry-23461_adventure_i-was-way-into-primus-in-high-school-so_2427032.png) > [I don't want to feel like people are imposing limits upon you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/i-don-t-want-to-feel-like-people-are-imposing-limits-upon-you/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/mike-lowry-23461_feel_i-don-t-want-to-feel-like-people-are-imp_2649189.png) > [We became good friends with Galactic as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-became-good-friends-with-galactic-as-well/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/mike-lowry-23461_became_we-became-good-friends-with-galactic-as_1465306.png) > [The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/the-fairness-project-is-endeavoring-to-try-to-do-what-we-can-to-make/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Fairer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/mike-lowry-23461_fairer_the-fairness-project-is-endeavoring-to-t_542556.png) > [We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-wanted-to-sit-down-and-conceptually-work-out-songs/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/mike-lowry-23461_down_we-wanted-to-sit-down-and-conceptually-w_585650.png) > [There are so many songs that we just don't play anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/there-are-so-many-songs-that-we-just-don-t-play-anymore/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/mike-lowry-23461_anymore_there-are-so-many-songs-that-we-just-don_535710.png) > [We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-listened-to-a-lot-of-rolling-stones-and-beatles-records-when-we/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Beatles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/mike-lowry-23461_beatles_we-listened-to-a-lot-of-rolling-stones-a_163914.jpg) > [What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/what-s-wrong-is-that-we-are-not-participating-to-make-this-the-type/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/mike-lowry-23461_government_what-s-wrong-is-that-we-are-not-particip_2630416.png) > [And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/and-in-a-democracy-when-we-say-we-re-mad-at-what-s-going-on-what-we/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/mike-lowry-23461_democracy_and-in-a-democracy-when-we-say-we-re-mad_2991554.png) > [Enterprise Washington is economic development in areas of high unemployment around the state of Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/enterprise-washington-is-economic-development-in-areas-of-high/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/mike-lowry-23461_areas_enterprise-washington-is-economic-develo_3225254.png) > [I just feel like there hasn't been enough time away from all this other stuff and into this new world or sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/i-just-feel-like-there-hasn-t-been-enough-time-away-from-all-this/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Big world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/mike-lowry-23461_big-world_i-just-feel-like-there-hasn-t-been-enoug_1044423.png) > [The end game is you change that law to making that law better, whichever law you're talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/the-end-game-is-you-change-that-law-to-making-that-law-better/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/mike-lowry-23461_about_the-end-game-is-you-change-that-law-to-m_3154567.png) > [A great thing about these trees is that they are excellent for cleaning, both groundwater, and of course, air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/a-great-thing-about-these-trees-is-that-they-are-excellent-for/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/mike-lowry-23461_air_a-great-thing-about-these-trees-is-that_3159755.png) > [Well, we played with Soul Coughing once for like two days, that was pretty cool. I mean they were all good, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/well-we-played-with-soul-coughing-once-for-like-two-days-that-was/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/mike-lowry-23461_cool_well-we-played-with-soul-coughing-once-f_1634444.jpg) > [We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-ought-to-be-doing-that-with-decent-standard-housing-but-if-we-have/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/mike-lowry-23461_absolutely_we-ought-to-be-doing-that-with-decent-st_528412.png) > [If somebody comes to a neighborhood coffee hour, or goes to a discussion group, and they have a discussion, I do think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/if-somebody-comes-to-a-neighborhood-coffee-hour-or-goes-to-a/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Coffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/mike-lowry-23461_coffee_if-somebody-comes-to-a-neighborhood-coff_100558.png) > [Believing that our greatest need is for the general public to be able to get better information, to have an opportunity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/believing-that-our-greatest-need-is-for-the-general-public-to-be-able/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/mike-lowry-23461_able_believing-that-our-greatest-need-is-for_99531.jpg) > [It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/it-s-definitely-an-influence-i-mean-how-can-you-not-say-you-are/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Influence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/mike-lowry-23461_influence_it-s-definitely-an-influence-i-mean-how_2057214.png) > [We have always wanted to write songs and be experimental in that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-have-always-wanted-to-write-songs-and-be-experimental-in-that-way/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/mike-lowry-23461_always_we-have-always-wanted-to-write-songs-and_2276103.png) > [It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/it-was-awesome-because-we-were-doing-ramones-songs/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Awesome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awesome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/mike-lowry-23461_awesome_it-was-awesome-because-we-were-doing-ram_13167.png) > [I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/i-think-the-market-driven-economic-system-is-the-most-productive/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Driven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/mike-lowry-23461_driven_i-think-the-market-driven-economic-syste_2916862.png) > [We need to have the social investments by which to quote unquote distribute some of that wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-need-to-have-the-social-investments-by-which-to-quote-unquote/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Distribute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distribute/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/mike-lowry-23461_distribute_we-need-to-have-the-social-investments-b_2690209.png) > [I think a lot of it is that we used to tour so much that we never really had time to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/i-think-a-lot-of-it-is-that-we-used-to-tour-so-much-that-we-never/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/mike-lowry-23461_had_i-think-a-lot-of-it-is-that-we-used-to-t_1378468.png) > [We have an electronic vein we have tapped and applied it to a rock setting like tons of bands out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowry/we-have-an-electronic-vein-we-have-tapped-and-applied-it-to-a-rock/) [Mike Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/mike-lowry-23461_applied_we-have-an-electronic-vein-we-have-tappe_1389171.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowry/#itemlist", "name": "Mike Lowry Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You 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