Cities Quote by M. E. W. Sherwood

... 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

“Washington's all abstraction. It's about access to power and nothing else. I mean, I'm sure it's fun if you're living next door to Seinfeld,…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Described Washington as a community of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.”

— John F. Kennedy

“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

Things get very lonely in Washington sometimes. The real voice of the great people of America sometimes sounds faint and distant in that strange…

— Woodrow Wilson

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

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there…

— Esther Dyson

When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual…

— Ezra Klein

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

— Lady Bird Johnson

[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars . . . all watching each other having affairs with each other

— Helen Mirren

I've had a great time in Washington. I love the city. A lot of great times and a lot of great memories.

— DeSean Jackson

For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. ... It is a city that offers me more people -- more different kinds…

— Katharine Graham