Lydia Millet Quotes

The White House seems to be a sound-proof booth.

The White House is a strange place.

I had some adventures at the White House, but hardly enough to fill a full memoir.

I see the White House as like a subway. You have to put coins in to open the gates.

I guess the White House is kind of confining.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House.

I think it would be so much fun to be in the White House.

I've been to the White House a number of times.

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

I don't particularly want to be in the White House.

Who knows? Maybe someday I'll be living in the White House.

We have first lady Michelle Obama on the show tonight. As you'd expect, security's been pretty tight. On my way in I got five pat-downs, and that was just from Joe Biden.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

The big guys, the big dogs, are going to own everything from the White House to the courthouse.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

As of now, I am in control here in the White House.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.