Behavior Quote by Tom Coburn

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

— Tony Goldwyn

Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect…

— Meg Greenfield

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

— Michael Bennet

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by…

— Alexandra Wentworth

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

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

“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

“Washington” has become for many a dirty word that connotes self-serving politicians and devious lobbyists. To be sure, they are there, but I remember…

— Dan Rather

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

— Oscar Wilde

When you're in government, you have a big impact in Washington, but Washington may not be doing very much.

— Joseph Stiglitz

Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.

— Spencer Abraham

What does Washington experience have to do with meeting the needs of the American people?

— Wayne Messam