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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity — Booker T. Washington

Seek first the kingdom of heaven WITHIN, whereby lies an abundance of treasures and resources that you need — Lisa Washington

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. — Booker T. Washington

It's so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets. — Bob Hope

We need to fix Washington, D.C. and states need to fix their sanctuary policies. That's the problem. — Russell Pearce

We hate those in power in Washington D.C. and anything bad that happens to them is good for us. — Tom Metzger

You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do. — Al Goldstein

What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you. — Ralph Washington Sockman

We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you. — Jeff Sessions

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy. — Denzel Washington

We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames. — Wendy Davis

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun! — Denzel Washington

Yeah, see, my view of Jordan is that he doesn't belong to Washington. — Michael Wilbon

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington. — John Podhoretz

It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known. — George Washington

There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money — George Washington

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies. — Glenn Greenwald

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. — Tina Brown

Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just my own observation. — Tom Rath

The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. — George Washington

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use. — Washington Irving

I've always believed that the things middle class families struggle with around their kitchen tables should define my work in Washington. — Gary Peters

Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. — George Washington

Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others say. — George Washington

I never say anything of a man that I have the smallest scruple of saying to him. — George Washington

The moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screechowl. — Washington Irving

I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery. — George Washington

There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor. — Washington Irving

If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move. — Ari Fleischer

Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. — Jonah Goldberg

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is. — Jeb Bush

American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington. — Ron Paul

That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington. — Paul Ryan

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. — George Washington

In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest — George Washington

Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms. — George Washington Carver

He who puts a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest. — George Washington Carver

Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person. — Derek Luke

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that? — John Goodman

I know that my heart and my family are here in California, not in Washington, D.C. — Antonio Villaraigosa

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. — Booker T. Washington

That's what acting is - it's about ... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. — Kerry Washington

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different. — Bill Gates

They got some people that are saying, hey, elect me as president. Hey, Washington couldn't handle Si Robertson. Trust me. — Si Robertson

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history. — Henry Rollins

It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money. — Rand Paul

[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect. — George Washington

We're all tired of a Washington that has these partisan camps where nothing gets done. — Cory Booker

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. — George Washington

You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent. — Steve Chabot

Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C. — Lindsey Graham

Washington politicians should not be treated any differently than any other American. That's what people are fed up with. — Jason T. Smith

Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty. — George Washington

I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe. — Ralph Stanley

I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets ... — George Washington Carver

I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected. — Barack Obama

It is absolutely necessary ... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented. — Nancy Pelosi

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. — James Hansen

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. — Washington Irving

Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully. — Paul Cellucci

Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war. — Noam Chomsky

Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class. — Mark Leibovich

The study of art that does not result in making the strong less willing to suppress the weak means little. — Booker T. Washington

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. — Denzel Washington

Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington. — Daniel J. Boorstin

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again. — Denzel Washington

For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a 'massage parlor' that advertised in 'The Washington Post.' — Gene Weingarten

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place. — Beau Willimon

He that drinks beer, thinks beer. — Washington Irving

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America. — Mitt Romney

A study in the Washington Post says that women have
better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the
authors of that study: 'Duh. — Conan O'Brien

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference. — Mark Batterson

She was back in western Washington state, where rain was so prevalent that a day of sunshine was the lead story on the local news. — Susan Mallery

I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it. — George Washington

It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term. — George W. Bush

(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

We'll have to marshal our forces in Washington. It won't be easy. That doesn't mean it can't be done. — Zev Yaroslavsky

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. — Denzel Washington

Washington must have seen that Hamilton, for all his brains and daring, sometimes lacked judgment and had to be supervised carefully. — Ron Chernow

I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue. — Kerry Washington

I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington. — Barack Obama

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances. — Martha Washington

Take that back to the GP, Mr. Cabot. And should the urge arise, feel free to tell them to fuck off. — Chloe Neill

[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one. — George Washington

The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that. — Glenn Beck

I didn't know what gay was until I lived in New York for 10 years. You know, I was just underexposed in that regard. — Isaiah Washington

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. — Booker T. Washington

[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists ... an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness. — George Washington

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is. — Thomas Sowell

Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period of personal growth. — Tim Finchem

There are still very few laws against thinking, although I am sure they're working hard on that in Washington. — Jeff Lindsay

Immanuel Kant famously claimed that 'he who wills the ends wills the means,' but he never spent much time in Washington. — Elliott Abrams

Honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? — Steven Wright

The thing that impressed itself most on me in Holland was the thoroughness of the agriculture and the excellence of the Holstein cattle. I — Booker T. Washington

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Washington Irving

The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it. — Dan Webster

Washington has a tendency to hold other powers to standards that it routinely flaunts - plain and simple. — Thomas P.M. Barnett

To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace. — Washington Irving