Quotes and Sayings about Washington, D.C.

As a native Washingtonian, I am well aware that childhood obesity is a real problem in our nation's capital.

The Washington Bullets are changing their name. They don't want their team to be associated with crime. From now on, they'll just be known as the Bullets.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

I call Washington "the city of the perishable".

Let me give you a little bit of free advice. DC is all about realtionships.

Alex: "You can't do that. You can't make promises that you won't be able to keep!"
Tom: "We're in Washington, they're the only promises we're allowed to make."

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog!

Washington, D.C. is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.

It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

It's the way it works: Love plus time minus distance equals hate.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

A bad system will beat a good person every time.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Bitcoin is a remarkable cryptographic achievement and the ability to create something that is not duplicable in the digital world has enormous value.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

There wasn't really one time in my life where I was like, 'I want to be a model!'

God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

To me, breakfast is my most important meal. It's often the meal you play a game on. I make sure I have oatmeal, milk, and fruit. It's the fuel you use to hopefully do your best, so eating right is a big part of being a professional athlete. I wish I paid more attention to it earlier in my life.

I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional, and it is all personal.

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

If the Islamic world is so suffused with rage and hatred of us - for our wars, occupations, drone attacks, support of Israel, decadent culture, and tolerance of insults to Islam and the Prophet - why should we call for free elections, when the people will use those elections to vote into power rulers hostile to the United States?

Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

Times change, and we change with them.

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.