Drizzle Quote by Dave Barry

Washington would be much better off if it looked more like a state legislature.

— Kathy Szeliga

“The nation’s leaders keep throwing out the word “Washington” as a vulgar abstraction. Nothing new here: the anti-Washington reflex in American politics has been…

— Mark Leibovich

If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

— Ahmet Ertegun

Washington State is great. I'm completely happy at Washington State.

— Mike Leach

There's nothing greener than Washington state. They have the most beautiful vegetation on the planet. And the water is so clean.

— Fabio Lanzoni

Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that…

— Abraham Lincoln

A lot of Washington state is beautiful. You have just tons of mountains, beautiful bodies of water, you have a lot of rolling hills…

— Joe Harris

It sure would be nice to have a Washington that was there for us, but most help has always been local and regional.

— Eric Garcetti

I'd rather live in Nebraska than Washington.

— Dave Heineman

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

— John F. Kennedy

I love Washington, but it is a self-important town.

— Lady Bird Johnson

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

— Bernie Sanders