Beauty Quote by George Pelecanos

... anything so delightful as Washington I have never seen elsewhere. There were a mingled simplicity and grandeur, a mingled state and quiet intimacy,…

— M. E. W. Sherwood

Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament of great…

— Daniel Webster

“If there have been mute inglorious Miltons in rural villages, presumably there have been unrealized Washingtons born in unpropitious times.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.

— Beau Willimon

“Washingtonians are a bunch of cultured, egotistical, lumpen-elitist snobs who live in their own dream world completely divorced from the rest of the country.…

— Bryan Taylor

One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.

— Katharine Graham

... the whole of society in Washington is to some degree political. It is like no other capital city known to me, in that…

— Storm Jameson

It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story is her…

— Rory O'Malley

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

— Lois Frankel

“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

I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what…

— Rosalynn Carter

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion…

— Henry Cabot Lodge