Dan Crenshaw Quotes

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.

I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.

When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.

When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the paper, and then observe that, 'It's yet another great day to be the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.'

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.

I have had a career in public service.

Government is not show business.

There is kind of a typical experience as a premier. You go in, you win a couple, you get out. Go serve on boards, take your head out of the political ringer and take on a much more private life.

It has been my philosophy all my life that good government is good politics.

Government is not for the short-winded.

The Prime Minister of this country should be 100 percent efficient at all time.

No man can be a politician except he be first a historian.

There are two supreme pleasures in life. One is ideal, the other real. The ideal is when a man receives the seals of office from the hands of his Sovereign. The real pleasure comes when he hands them back.

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

I'm doing a good job in Washington.

Before I went to work for 'Playboy,' I planned to apply to Yale to get a public policy master's. I felt drawn to go into politics. Even before that, my dream was to wind up either in the Senate or on the Supreme Court. I had big dreams as a little girl.

Well, I think that, you know, there's often two ways to become a scientist. One is to actually get your Ph.D. and then the other is to run for office.

Residents expect their state leaders to deliver solutions for the people of their state.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

I knew I always wanted to get involved in politics.

Government is not a game show, though at times it is amusing and entertaining to watch.

I'm intrigued by being in public office.