“Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.”
Dennis Miller
“George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.”
Mark Twain
“[George] Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city, and it tingles down to the feet of every man, whether he comes from Washington State, or Los Angeles, or Texas, when he comes and walks these city streets and begins to feel that this is my city; I own a part of this Capital, and I envy for the time being those who are able to spend their time here. I quite admit that there are defects in the system of government by which Congress is bound to look after the government of the District of Columbia. It could not be otherwise under such a system, but I submit to the judgment of history that the result vindicates the foresight of the fathers.”
William Howard Taft
“From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Jeff really has local Washington sensibilities. . . . He understands the city and demonstrated it when he put together a team with deep local roots.”
William Jarvis
“I've never seen anything or anyone like him. The whole Washington organization and the whole city should thank, I don't know, somebody. Because guys like Alex don't come around often.”
Dainius Zubrus
“New York is much bigger and clearly will have more deaths than cities like Washington and Detroit. The second thing is that [a place such as] New York is a very sensitive city with a lot of high-rises and buildings that are sensitive to extreme heat.”
Laurence Kalkstein
