Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

David Harsanyi Quotes: Washington has a mysterious power to turn perfectly reasonable, wholesome, well-meaning human beings into equivocating crooked gasbags.
         

Washington has a mysterious power to turn perfectly reasonable, wholesome, well-meaning human beings into equivocating crooked gasbags.


David Harsanyi
Check all other quotes by David Harsanyi

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"David Harsanyi Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Washington-has-a-mysterious-power-to-turn-503604>.





Check out


Other quotes of David Harsanyi


Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.

Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.



A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.

A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.



Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.

Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.



Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their "critical thinking."

Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their "critical thinking."



In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination.

In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination.



The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.

The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.



Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am.

Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am.



The Founding Fathers worried that some common impulse of passion might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. It's a rational fear, one that is played out endlessly.

The Founding Fathers worried that some common impulse of passion might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. It's a rational fear, one that is played out endlessly.



Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level.

Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level.



Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.





Other quotes you may like


the flames are silent, Peace is violent, Tears are frozen’cause massacre was chosen.~~ 26/11– Mumbai terror attack memories

the flames are silent, Peace is violent, Tears are frozen’cause massacre was chosen.~~ 26/11– Mumbai terror attack memories



With natural law there is no flaw, we must act in truth and be smart.”Grampa Foster, Meet the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure

With natural law there is no flaw, we must act in truth and be smart.”Grampa Foster, Meet the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure




Each man is an island unto himself. But though a sea of difference may divide us, an entire world of commonality lies beneath.

Each man is an island unto himself. But though a sea of difference may divide us, an entire world of commonality lies beneath.



As much as I've produced it looks to people like I must have written quickly, but it isn't that - because I put in in a sixty- or seventy-hour week.

As much as I've produced it looks to people like I must have written quickly, but it isn't that - because I put in in a sixty- or seventy-hour week.



Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.

Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.



Here's the real thing. Democrats got to understand that the first line in the Republican playbook is going to be smear, you know? And there's nobody who's going to be able to avoid it.

Here's the real thing. Democrats got to understand that the first line in the Republican playbook is going to be smear, you know? And there's nobody who's going to be able to avoid it.



I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.



At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.

At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.



I know now that before I take a picture I have to be sure about how I feel about the subjects. What I don't know is if I should explain to them what I'm doing while I'm photographing them.

I know now that before I take a picture I have to be sure about how I feel about the subjects. What I don't know is if I should explain to them what I'm doing while I'm photographing them.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Washington has a mysterious power to turn perfectly reasonable, wholesome, well-meaning human beings into equivocating crooked gasbags.". Author of this quote is David Harsanyi. This quote is about reasonable, crooked, human beings, power, turns, political, mysterious,.