20th century Quote by Harry Shearer

Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.

— Kate McKinnon

“Congress needs to act now. Seriously, leave Washington DC, move to Hollywood, and leave the rest of the country alone.”

— Jarod Kintz

You have to keep a sense of humor about yourself, more than anything else. You've got to take the issues very seriously, but you…

— Robert Reich

There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the…

— Linda Ellerbee

“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

I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than the rest…

— Dave Barry

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

— Carol Burnett

Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.

— Barack Obama

“What Washington cannot easily change is the culture itself—specifically the culture created by the Boomers. Until that happens, the parade of mediocrity, underfunding, and…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

At the end of the day, the Washington establishment is going to go where they're going to go.

— Ted Cruz

You don't just get to show up in Washington and, because a terrible thing has happened to you, that you get to jump up…

— Matt Gaetz

I don't know if anybody can second-guess what they will do on Capitol Hill.

— Montel Williams