Genes Quote by Bill Maher

But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He can't still…

— John Podhoretz

Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics,…

— Gary Bauer

Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.

— John Podhoretz

Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.

— Maurice Sendak

Newt Gingrich is an incredible leader. He is a leader of our time, and he's going to lead us into the future. And we're…

— Tom DeLay

Most of Gingrich's moderate positions are rooted in a realpolitik that transcends ideology.

— David Grann

I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

— Bob Dole

I think [Newt] Gingrich who`s been the - among the truth tellers to [Donald] Trump, I think, in public, take a listen.

— Chuck Todd

Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from…

— Jim Talent

Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.

— John Podhoretz

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

— Rick Perry

Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?

— Molly Ivins