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Famous Maureen Dowd Quotes
“Don't write anything down, but save everything that anyone else writes down.”
“The idea of American exceptionalism doesn't extend to Americans being exceptional.”
“Zingers should glow with intelligence as well as drip with contempt.”
“Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.”
“As a woman, I know that if I write about another woman, it will be perceived as a catfight.”
“It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.”
“If wit is the most sophisticated form of humor, pranks are the most juvenile.”
“I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men.”
“Women are affected by lunar tides only once a month; men have raging hormones every day.”
“It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.”
“Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.”
