Rachel Maddow Quotes & Sayings

“My life is better with every year of living it.”

“Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.”

“If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.”

“It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.”

“I would like to be a polyglot.”

“I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.”

“The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway.”

“A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.”

“Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can.”

“Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.”