Top 1200 Washington Quotes & Sayings - Page 16
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Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.
In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.
I grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. I attended the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1978 to 1984.
I got teary-eyed watching Mary J. Blige sing O Holy Night' at the 'Christmas in Washington' concert.
Mini-skirts, Prada and Agnes B are for New York and L.A. Washington is more America's equivalent of Marks & Spencer.
In Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form,
so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which mess.
Peer pressure is a huge part of youth behavior, whether one grows up in Washington, D.C., or Cody, Wyo.
What works in Washington, D.C. or New York City oftentimes doesn't work out in Billings, Montana, or elsewhere in the country.
In its early days, Trump's presidency ought to be viewed as the arduous start to the complicated task of draining the Washington swamp.
I came to Washington understanding what the Senate is capable of accomplishing and knowing that I'd have myriad opportunities as a senator to get things done.
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul.
There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.
I ran for Congress to give Kansans a real voice in Washington, D.C. - not to let our priorities be drowned out by special interests.
While it's true that Washington would benefit from more civility, the Senate, behind the scenes, is an extraordinarily collegial institution.
A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.
I did not come to Washington to raise the electricity rates by as much as $40 per month as this plan would do.
I have the experience and ability to step in on day one in Washington and start working on the challenging problems facing our country.
That's been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, that's like, you're alone.
As we know, lots of people working together to solve problems doesn't happen often enough, particularly here in Washington.
The most dangerous country for the U.S. now is Pakistan. ... We haven't been this vulnerable since the British burned Washington in 1814.
Try to always stay focused on the objectives that are possible and the positive - and on having fun outside of the stuff that's going on in Washington.
Washington's a mess, but that's not stopping me from getting bills to help Montana signed into law by President Trump.
The Washington establishment and the financial and media corporations that fund it exist for only one reason: to protect and enrich itself.
Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.
We have to change course. And we have to do so now. That is why I worked with my colleagues in Washington to pass the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Public displays of puritanical religiosity mask the private perversions of the real Washington behind closed doors.
Sometimes, I myself, even though I'm in Washington, I go quiet because there is so much intimidation around me.
I think the average voter wants somebody who has the right philosophy and can combine that with the ability to get something done in Washington.
If you want more of the same, Mitch McConnell is your guy. He is the ultimate insider. He is the epitome of dysfunction in Washington.
It's not everybody that can handle firing Denzel Washington or coming to blows and saying, 'This is what's happening because I said so.' Usually, it's the reverse.
Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well.
The groups who spend the most on lobbying lawmakers in Washington are well-known: ExxonMobil, Boeing, AT&T, General Electric.
In every jurisdictional area that I can get my fingers on, I want to move us away from the Washington insider economy.
The political gridlock in Washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the U.S. on a sustainable footing.
I'm focused on bringing real change to Washington because the career politicians have screwed things up so badly.
If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.
Members of Congress wear two hats: one as Washington legislator, the other as listener and community leader back home.
I used to have a phrase: Liberalism is spreading misery equally. And now the ruling class throughout Washington seems to have adopted this.
I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.
Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.
Washington told Wall Street, 'We're going to let y'all regulate yourselves.' The Republicans were in charge. They never said a word.
In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].
Too often, it's the Washington way to hide, point fingers, and try to place blame on someone else.
I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it.
Let's face it: innovation in the U.S. is now the province of our thriving city-states. We all know that nothing happens in Washington anymore.
Washington policymakers have to understand the adverse implications of their actions on job creation, and they must reorder some of their priorities.
There is an extraordinary degree of amity among Washington poets. They hang together. You would be hard pressed to find that in Manhattan.
Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.
We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.
There's a coalition of folks here in Georgia who want representation that's focused on local economic development and on accountability and not on the partisan circus in Washington.
When most actors finally get to L.A., I think they expect to be the next Will Smith or Denzel Washington and that's not the case.
In their political careers, Obama and Biden faced down lobbyists, Tea Party carpetbaggers, and Washington gridlock.
I volunteered to join Mr. Trump's campaign because he is a champion of working families, not Washington-Wall Street elites.
As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.