Washington Quotes

• I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

  

  Laurie Anderson
  • People
  • Washington
  • NASA

• Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase spending cuts everywhere else in the budget.

  

  Cenk Uygur
  • Budget
  • Spending
  • Complain

• I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.

  

  Rick Larsen
  • Commitment
  • Leaders
  • Enforcement

• The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting.

  

  Steven Holl
  • Interesting
  • Washington
  • Embassy

• I have two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a lot of very controversial cases. He has sued Sheriff Arpaio, the famous sheriff who keeps people in tents, gives them green bologna and the like. My other son Tom is with Williams & Connolly in Washington, where he does intellectual property defamation cases.

  

  Nat Hentoff
  • Property
  • Attorney
  • Sheriff

• Of all the jobs I've had, sliming fish was pretty good preparation for life in Washington.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Life
  • Jobs
  • Preparation

• Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

  

  George P. Bush
  • Nothing
  • Excitement
  • Resignation

• In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

  

  Eric Garcetti
  • Problems
  • Washington
  • Solve

• We have an obligation to enforce the border, ... it's important for the people of this state to understand, your voices are being heard in Washington, D.C.

  

  Janet Napolitano
  • People
  • Understand
  • Obligation

• The last thing I will pay attention to is any of the usual Washington back and forth.

  

  Robert Wilkie
  • Attention
  • Washington

• In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

  

  Milton Berle
  • Washington
  • Disagree
  • Gets Up

• I am very thankful to Washington, D.C. for their loyalty and support.

  

  Raheem DeVaughn
  • Washington
  • Supportive

• We need someone in Washington who knows how to build jobs from the ground up.

  

  Stephen Pagliuca
  • Need
  • Jobs
  • Build

• I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling.

  

  Rick Boucher
  • Computers
  • Actually
  • Regular

• If Occupy Wall Street was actually a march, and people from all around the country could collect and march toward Washington, D.C., as part of this massive movement of people . . . I think that kind of pressure is much more powerful than a sit-in that seems to be a little unorganized.

  

  Scarlett Johansson
  • People
  • Country
  • Wall

• I'm the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.

  

  Benjamin Carson
  • Brain
  • Washington
  • Beat

• You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.

  

  Richard Shelby
  • Difference
  • Washington
  • Congressman

• They tell you in Washington that if you want a friend, get a dog. That is not true. Get a family. This is a hard place to be.

  

  Merrick Garland
  • Friend
  • Place
  • Washington

• In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart - you must be evil.

  

  Steve Southerland
  • Problem
  • Washington
  • Disagrees

• You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations coming out of Washington.

  

  Steve Daines
  • Issues
  • Washington
  • Farmers

• Washington is totally out of touch with mainstream America.

  

  Evan Bayh
  • America
  • Washington
  • Mainstream

• The more we can get Washington out of the way, the stronger our economy and our country will be.

  

  Josh Mandel
  • Way
  • Stronger
  • Washington

• We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start growing it.

  

  Heidi Heitkamp
  • Economy
  • Washington
  • North Dakota

• The travel that I've spent around the country, I always come back with ideas for L.A. and vice versa: My experiences in L.A. give me an immediacy to issues that sometimes people in Washington think about but aren't experiencing every day.

  

  Eric Garcetti
  • Travel
  • Experiences
  • Vice versa

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