Culture Washington Quotes

#1. It's been a concern of mine for years that the mainstream media coverage of culture and politics takes place in two nodes, Washington and New York, and yet all the voting goes on somewhere else.

Walter Kirn

#2. If I make a decision it is a possession. I take pride in it, I tend to defend it and not listen to those who question it. If I make sense, then this is more dynamic, and I listen and I can change it. A decision is something you polish. Sensemaking is a direction for the next period.

Paul Gleason

#3. One of the things you'll learn, Anduin, is that sometimes you can't always do what you'd like to do. Or even do what you think is the right thing - at least not right away.

Christie Golden

#4. The basket would never make her famous or end up in a museum. The best part of it was the making of it, sitting at the table weaving while outside the lake crashed into shore and the seagulls roosted somewhere for the night and two women stopped for a moment to watch.

Ellen Airgood

#5. To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

George Washington

#6. Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

Bob Woodward

#7. Seattle is very similar to Minneapolis. I like the culture; I like the people. I raced a bike and won a national championship on Lake Washington in 1977, so I've had a connection there for a long time.

Greg LeMond

#8. 'Luncheon of the Boating Party,' owned by The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., has served Americans as a symbol of France and French culture, both of which I love, and is as evocative and triumphant an image as that other emissary of France, the Statue of Liberty.

Susan Vreeland

#9. Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.

George Herbert

#10. I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history ... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since.

David Remnick

#11. Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.

Dee Dee Myers

#12. The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.

Sacha Guitry

#13. There is no more important task in Washington than cleaning up the culture of corruption. Yet the president - whose White House has become the cradle of Republican corruption - is not taking responsibility for the costs of that corruption.

Harry Reid

#14. Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth.

Timothy Noah

#15. The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and experience, but we are afraid we aren't good enough because we have such high expectations.

Mireille Guiliano

#16. The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to change the culture in Washington.' I've taken their instructions very seriously.

Steve Southerland

#17. I struggle in these situations not to let my madness govern me, and to let the positive aspects of my character define my life.

Russell Brand

#18. In all my shows, I'm not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. I'm always interested in trying to get the culture of the place - trying to get it right.

David Nevins

#19. What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of America will cease.

Steve Southerland

#20. Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send.

Paul Sadler

#21. God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.'

Kirk Douglas

#22. Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part of solving the problem.

Nick Hanauer

#23. Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into the culture of Congress.

Chuck Todd

#24. The power of crowd sourcing always remains with the crowd, not the technological implementation.

Jay Samit

#25. I'm working hard to be president of the United States.I'm running to change things, and I'm not going to be part of the political class in Washington, D.C. I have the skills to disrupt the old order and bring about a new culture.

Jeb Bush

#26. I don't spend that much time being introspective, believe it or not. All I know is that I grew up not questioning God because that's how you are. God was there like the birds and the wind.

Jane Goodall

#27. Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

John Le Carre