Suzanne Fields Quotes

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

People in Washington do things that they shouldn’t do because they owe somebody.

Washington is riddled with unstable people who are either depressed or make other people depressed.

In Washington the politicians lie on the record and tell the truth off the record. In the Middle East, it’s the opposite. They lie off the record, and tell the truth on the record.

Everyone in Congress represents Washington.

Here’s a little Washington clue. When they say, “With all due respect,” they’re about to insult you.

Washington is a city of arrogance.

Washington has been a lethal town for wives.

Washington doesn't understand interest rates and Wall Street doesn't understand Washington.

I was not meant for the job or the spotlight of public office in Washington. Here ruining people is considered a sport … Politics is a blood sport.

Washington has political power combined with the insider illusion of being in control.

The product of Washington is politics. Other places produce steel.

Washington: A city obsessed with the present.

Washington talks about herself and almost nothing else.

Washington thrives on scapegoats.

It’s a strange thing in American politics that everyone who runs for office in Washington, runs against Washington.

The tone is toxic here in Washington and we are exporting it around the country.

One problem with Washington is that we are all historians and not futurists.

We have seen in Washington the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock. There is nothing wrong with our country. There is much wrong with our politics ….

In Washington the word “compromise” has come to mean “surrender.” You just can’t do it

You can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change Washington from the outside.

Washington believes in Zero-Sum politics.

It’s tough for Washington to pass complicated legislation.

… lobbyist-larded Washington

Another reason commissions are able to produce consensus—perhaps the rarest of Washington commodities—is the simple opportunity they provide for intense private deliberations.