“As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.” Quote by Larenz Tate
“You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside the White House, as you learned, sometimes with painful experience, have competing agendas, have differing points of view, have priorities they're trying to protect.” PeopleTryingSometimesHousePresidentInterestWhiteViewsProtectPressesPainfulPoint Of ViewPrioritiesAgendasWhite HouseSecretaryCompetingPainful Experiences Author:Dee Dee Myers
“I'm not for cutting off hands but I'm more for cutting off hands than I am for molesting children, if that's what it takes to stop it. I think that's fair.” IfsThinkingChildrenHandsCuttingFairsCutting Off Author:Tucker Carlson
“I will say, the one thing Mexico does well is punish prisoners. They do. They're good at that.” WellsDoeOne ThingPrisonerMexico Author:Tucker Carlson
“I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very careful and to protect yourself down the road a little bit, which is to say you've got to think ahead and think where is the story going to go? What are all the possible outcomes? And how do I protect the president from unexpected twists and turns in the road?” ThinkingKnowsLittlesMadeStoriesTurnsBitsPresidentMistakeProtectLittle BitCarefulPlentyOutcomesUnexpectedTwistsDown The RoadTenureProtect YourselfTwists And TurnsTurns In The Road Author:Dee Dee Myers
“I'm not for drunk driving - however, the states ought to decide. Different states have different penalties for drunk driving because they're states and they get to do that. If people of one state want to be lighter on drunk drivers, they're wrong. That's their business.” PeopleIfsWantDifferentStatesOughtDrivingDrunkDriversPenaltiesLightersDrunk Driving Author:Tucker Carlson
“Every press secretary faces an enormous amount of information. Events move really fast. You're responsible for a tremendous amount of information, and again, a tremendous amount on competing agendas. Not everybody grease in the White House.” FacesMovingHouseWhiteEventsInformationAmountResponsiblePressesEnormousAgendasWhite HouseSecretaryCompetingGrease Author:Dee Dee Myers
“I'm for moral blackmail when it comes to putting away child molesters.” ChildrenMoralBlackmail Author:Tucker Carlson
“There's no question almost press secretaries talk about the sense of serving two masters. On the one hand you want to protect the president's interests, and you represent his interests to the press. And the press is a proxy for the American people.” PeopleWantTwoHandsPresidentInterestMastersProtectPressesServingSecretaryProxyTwo Masters Author:Dee Dee Myers
“When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate.” PresidentLoyaltyGreat ThingsWitnessBad ThingsWatergate Author:Monica Crowley