Maureen Dowd Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend.”

“The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.”

“I'm into clothes, but in a way that's related to wanting to walk into a film noir movie. You know, I love to go to vintage stores, but mostly it's stuff that I don't have anywhere to wear... I don't have the life that goes with the clothes.”

“The C.E.O. of Google doesn't look like a Dick Cheney World Domination sort whom we should worry about as Google ogles our houses, our oceans, our foibles, our movements and our tastes.”

“Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for.”

“Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.”

“For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both.”

“I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.”

“Obama hates selling. He thinks people should just accept the right thing to do.”

“President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.”