I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money. — Bob Hope
We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals, and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship. — Grover Norquist
I don't know if anybody can second-guess what they will do on Capitol Hill. — Montel Williams
Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality. — Andrew Johnson
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. — John F. Kennedy
Washington is the city where the big men of little towns come to be disillusioned — Paul Laurence Dunbar
[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt. — Robert Moses
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble.
[Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.] — Suetonius
Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese. — Dennis Miller
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy. — Walter Gropius
United States: the country where liberty is a statue. — Nicanor Parra
Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it. — Suzanne Collins
You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug. — Suzanne Collins
You here to finish me off, Sweetheart? — Suzanne Collins
Because...because...she came here with me. — Suzanne Collins
Capitol Image Quotes
Hunger Games Capitol Quotes
To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. — Suzanne Collins
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. — Suzanne Collins
I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I. — Suzanne Collins
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. — Suzanne Collins
Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people. — Suzanne Collins
You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real. — Suzanne Collins
I don't want to lose the boy with the bread. — Suzanne Collins
We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it. — Suzanne Collins
I'm more than just a piece in their Games. — Suzanne Collins
As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve. — Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen Quotes
Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says. — Suzanne Collins
The more likable he is, the more deadly he is.” -Katniss Everdeen — Suzanne Collins
My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. — Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion — Suzanne Collins
My name is Katniss Everdeen. My home is District Twelve. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely is dead. It would probably be best if he were dead... - Katniss EverdeenS — Suzanne Collins
I do plan on saying one or two things to him when we're allowed an hour for goodbyes. To let him know how essential he's been to me all these years. How better my life has been for knowing him." -Katniss Everdeen — Suzanne Collins
No matter what I do, I'm hurting someone." - Katniss Everdeen — Suzanne Collins
I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen — Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire Quotes
Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward. — E. E. cummings
My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here. — Suzanne Collins
I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. — Suzanne Collins
That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish. — Suzanne Collins
But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve." — Suzanne Collins
I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this. — Thomas J. Grasso
Catch fire today! Make today the day you stop complaining and do something! — Steve Harvey
Catch Fire, Do Something, Get Excited by Finding Your Purpose In Life. — Steve Harvey
New rule: If churches don't have to pay taxes, they also can't call the fire department when they catch fire. Sorry reverend, that's one of those services that goes along with paying in. I'll use the fire department I pay for. You can pray for rain. — Bill Maher
Capitol Building Quotes
Initially, I had two thoughts. First, this is a very large conspiracy; and second, our children in Washington. We knew there were a few unidentified planes that may have been headed for the White House or the Capitol Building. — Mercer Reynolds
You'll never forget October 9, 2005, ... Every time you see the National Mall, every time you see that [Capitol] building back there, every time you see the national monument, you'll say 'I met God on the National Mall.' — Luis Palau
Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and powerful vision of Panem, its brutality and excesses, to the film as well. His world building's fantastic, whether it be the Seam or the Capitol. — Suzanne Collins
Nothing happens here in this building, in the House of Representatives, if there's no demand from outside the Capitol. — Luis Gutierrez
We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol. — Todd Tiahrt
When you go to Washington and get off at Union Station, as I sometimes do, and see the Capitol building, I get this hopeless feeling that comes over me. — George Packer
Walking through the Capitol Building gives you a sense of how it all began here. It was reassuring to see how restrained it was. It was very humble in a way. — Greg Lake
But we are not dedicating or building any Capitol or Pyramid to human Pride, but found a holy temple in the human Intellect, on the model of the Universe... For whatever is worthy of Existence is worthy of Knowledge-which is the Image (or Echo) of Existence. — Francis Bacon
A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it. — Jane Swisshelm
Capitol In Hunger Games Quotes
Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love. — Suzanne Collins
Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games. — Suzanne Collins
No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire. — Suzanne Collins
You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope. — Suzanne Collins
Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat. — Suzanne Collins
I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go. — Suzanne Collins
I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not. — Suzanne Collins
Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate? — Suzanne Collins
Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me. That I’m being upstaged by a dead pig. — Suzanne Collins
Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners? — Suzanne Collins
Capitol Hill Quotes
I opposed No Child Left Behind, I opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill, I opposed the Wall Street bailout. What the American people are starting to see is that Republican, Republicans on Capitol Hill get it and the Democrats, from the White House to Capitol Hill, just don't get it. — Mike Pence
The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill. — Mike Pence
At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news. — Bob Schieffer
On Capitol Hill, House Republicans have been doing our part. We've been hard at work developing policies that will help empower all Americans. We're beginning to see results. We reduced taxes for everyone. — Dennis Hastert
After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street. — Bernie Sanders
I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe. — Ron Paul
And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place. — Dick Durbin
I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people and engaging them in the political process. — Bernie Sanders
Wind has the potential to produce many, many more jobs per kilowatt hour than coal. But the coal industry has tremendous political clout on Capitol Hill because of its alliance with the railroads... and with coal-burning utilities... — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works like a vending machine. You put coins in the slot, select your law, and the desired legislation slides out. — Fred Reed
The shouting, the overrunning of the Capitol, the sneaking in of Tea Party participants into the basement of the Capitol, the name-calling, the spitting, all of that... The Tea Party emerges as not only outrageous, but they have turned up the volume in ways that even Code Pink have not been able to do. — Maxine Waters
The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. In Washington, D.C., our nation’s capitol, it is estimated that three out of four young black men (and nearly all those in the poorest neighborhoods) can expect to serve time in prison. — Michelle Alexander
Listen up. You're in trouble. Word is the Capitol's furious about you showing them up in the arena. The one thing they can't stand is being laughed at and they're the joke of Panem — Suzanne Collins
God shapes the world by prayer. The prayers of God's saints are the capitol stock of heaven by which God carries on His great work upon the earth. — Edward McKendree Bounds
When I get ready to explain homemade fascism in America, I can take my example from the state capitol of Texas. — J. Frank Dobie
The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion. — Suzanne Collins
When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome. — Paula Poundstone
Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you. — Harry Shearer
Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press corps to determine who are actually the ten stupidest members of the Legislature. Two years ago, there were thirty-seven official nominees and several write-ins. — Molly Ivins
We all lived through September 11. I was here at the Capitol that day. I saw the evil of our enemies written in the smoke rising above the Pentagon. — Mike Pence
The storm center of lawlessness in every American State is the State Capitol. It is there that the worst crimes are committed; it is there that lawbreaking attains to the estate and dignity of a learned profession; it is there that contempt for the laws is engendered, fostered, and spread broadcast. — H. L. Mencken
See, there's only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that - the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country. — Jerry Garcia
What mighty ills have not been done by woman!
Who was't betray'd the Capitol? A woman;
Who lost Mark Antony the world? A woman;
Who was the cause of a long ten years' war,
And laid at last old Troy is ashes? Woman;
Destructive, damnable, deceitful woman! — Thomas Otway
The raven once in snowy plumes was drest,
White as the whitest dove's unsullied breast,
Fair as the guardian of the Capitol,
Soft as the swan; a large and lovely fowl
His tongue, his prating tongue had changed him quite
To sooty blackness from the purest white. — Ovid
He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television." "Are you and Beetee going?" I ask. "As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here. — Suzanne Collins
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