William Bennett Quotes

Your reputation is the most important thing you've got in Washington.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.

New York is such a competitive place; it tears people apart. People come here and, if they can't make it in the first month, they get torn apart and they have to go back to where they came from. I don't think that's terribly healthy.

Everyone in Congress represents Washington.

Washington is a city of arrogance.

I haven't had a dull day since coming to Capitol Hill ... We're on the spot 100 percent of the time.

One thing I've learned in politics—you have to make time for your family, no matter how busy you are.

When I watched what public life in Washington is like these days, I concluded that I didn't want it ... the whole climate of public service—that every day you've got to expect a negative story.

Washington: A city obsessed with the present.

When I first went to Washington [the senate], I thought, what is l'il ole me doing with these ninety-nine great people? Now I ask myself, what am I doing with those ninety-nine jerks?

At Madrid, pressure is normal.

Sometimes, I myself, even though I'm in Washington, I go quiet because there is so much intimidation around me.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

It's a heavy feeling being in Washington. There are so many important issues at risk. You're in a fighting stance every day.

Washington, D.C., puts enormous burdens on people who, at the end of the day, are just humans.

Washington is built on power.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

As women, we're busy. We're under stress and under pressure, and the expectations are so high for us, so the first thing to go is self-care.

We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.

High expectations are really intimidating.

With big clubs, it's always very demanding.

There is pressure from day one when you start your career.

It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.

I think, all my life, I've grown up and had high expectations, but that becomes so stressful.